that was america, baby: three.

And finally, just a few days before we left, we celebrated my nephew’s 4th birthday. It deserved a post in itself.

Per Drew’s request, his dad made him a plane pizza!  About eight more homemade pizzas were made for the rest of us, and they were delicious.

Keri made Drew a pudding & Oreo “dirt cake” in the back of a huge dump truck. Such a great idea that we might have come up with together? Or perhaps I was just next to her and have subconsciously taken some credit for it?

He used a shovel to share with everyone…

…and snag a bonus bite.

While opening presents, his older sister had to explain her lovely present. It was definitely not for opening, but for dancing or super-hero-running, like this:

And that was America in photos, baby!