HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU...MAKE A WISH?!?

Luke turned 7 today.  I cannot believe it!  S-E-V-E-N.  How is that possible?  We are still living with our bare essential rental furniture, and do not have our things yet, so it is pretty sparse around here.  (I did smuggle in a cake mix and some frosting for Luke's birthday in my luggage)  I ran to Migros today (the local supermarket) to buy a hand mixer, a cake pan, some cake decorating supplies, and some candles.  We had a lovely birthday dinner (he requested Spaghetti...thank you Giada for your easy recipe) and then got all set to sing "happy birthday" with his cake....stop the music...I forgot to buy matches!!!  It was too late to run to the store to buy any...in our lovely Switzerland everything closes by 6:30...so our little trooper Luke smiled for the camera, and pretended to blow out 7 flameless candles.  He is so great, he just laughed about it and was as good natured and flexible as ever.  I felt terrible!   I guess turning seven in the Swiss Alps might make up for the forgotten candles a little bit...I hope.  Here's to Luke, and to his seventh year that will be full of European adventures!  I love him so much.