There were 20 loved ones at our home on Sunday celebrating a very special birthday.

There was music and merriment and tons of presents and a swimming pool heated to 88 degrees Celsius.

And yet yesterday when I asked Graham what, precisely, was his very favorite part of the party he didn't hesitate for a second before replying.

"My Backyardigans cake."

That single-minded devotion to cake? He gets that from me.