saying goodbye to nao and bang (350/365b)

"papa plays guitar much better than you ... because he practices." -henry

walked to spar in the early morning with all the kids.... so fun and so wonderful.
baked all morning ... cake with theodore.. abenteuerspielplatz birthday party, only a month late. for that, i went to get theodore from school and walked 4 boys back to the playground, 2 on scooters, 2 on foot, all carrying backpacks. then i forced them all to do their homework FIRST before we had any pizza (all the parents thanked me later) ... one kid brought a bag of mcdonalds, because his mom was worried he wouldn't get any "proper food" ......

he wants orange cake, and he gets an orange cake!
oh marscapone frosting
and mandarins
and fresh organic oranges with juice and zest
and local hazelnuts
i was pretty happy with the result
and so was everyone else

theodore had to leave the party right at 6 and "go to work" at the opera. haha.

nao and bang and i had dinner at irmtraud's, where nao finally perfected her austrian version of pad thai for us, and bang told us some secrets of editing video. nao was very nervous about getting to the train on time, but there was no rush, we were there with plenty of time to spare.