A Birthday and the Opera

I know I am way over due for Jared's birthday (Oct 11th) post, but since we just used his birthday present I felt it appropriate to tell you all about the rest of his birthday.
Jared's birthday started a couple of days early when Addi and I made special treats to take to Jared's work.
We made chocolate suckers in the shape of teeth. And took them to the hospital to share with everyone.
That weekend was also his program directors birthday so for the birthday boys I made made a set of chocolate dentures.
On Saturday we spent the day in Boston that you all read about here.
On Sunday Jared's actual birthday we had a little birthday party for him and had his co-residents over to help him celebrate. I made cake balls for the first time (thanks Katie for teaching me) and they were a great hit.
I also made cupcakes with cute little cupcake toppers. I decided I prefer cupcakes to making a whole cake. They are easier to decorate and easier to serve at a party.
But you can't fit 29 candles on one cupcake.
(Fountain outside the MET opera house)
For Jared's birthday I got him opera tickets at the MET in NYC. Jared's favorite opera song is from the opera Turando and it just so happened to be playing at the MET opera house. So we picked a date and got standing tickets ($20 vs $50-$500 sitting tickets) Jared's Aunt watched Addi for us (thank you so much) while we spent the night in the city. We had enough time before the show to do a session at the Manhattan Temple. The show was great I love the opera, although I would prefer to sit and not stand. Someone did give me their ticket for the third act because they had to leave so for a third of it I sat in a $300 seat which was awesome. Poor Jared had to stay standing in the back. We had a great night and would love to do it again sometime.