Tapioca Pudding

Did you know there's not really a good way to take a picture of pudding? Pat was trying to request tapioca pudding as his "birthday cake" and I wasn't having it. So instead I made it as part of his birthday week celebration (he'll be 30 on Sunday!). I think he liked it (Paige too)! I'm not the biggest fan of tapioca and Owen refused to try it even though I kept repeating, "Owen, it's pudding!" Oh well. I didn't want to mess with the recipe too much since I didn't know what I was doing but I did use a vanilla bean instead of vanilla extract and I think it made a big difference.