Most of today is going to be spent baking.

I’m going to make these..

and these

and some ginger cakes (special request from my mother!)

I’ll also be making some of these..

Yes I know, it’s all carb heavy but we’ll need it because on Friday evening, we will be drinking these…

Some of these

Maybe some of these..

The reason for all this eating, drinking and making merry is Friday Night Cocktails: Birthday Edition

Yep on Saturday, I get to celebrate making it through another year and my brother gets to point out I’m older than him…

On Saturday afternoon, (assuming that it’s not raining, our 3 day ‘heatwave’ just broke and it been raining a bit!) we’re going for a picnic and if I’m very lucky there will still be a merry-go-round and I’m so going on that!!

Yay for birthdays and weekends with people I love!