The Forgotten Birthday

Why, bless me, but I forgot to write about her birthday! This was another one of those "help best by staying out of the way" days, although I did take quite the pleasure in helping string lights from the rafters! Other than that, I kept Aven occupied again, this time with the book that Lanelle got me, and someone else got him: "The Dangerous Book For Boys!" I've always wanted to learn three things: American Sign Language, Morse Code, and the Phonetic Alphabet (you know; alpha, bravo, charlie, delta, etc...) This book has the latter two, and I've already memorized the Phonetic. Aven and I started writing messages to each other in Morse, so it's fun practice! My other favorite pages are the ones about tripwires and pressure plates! My own, homemade security system! Or minefield, depending on your purpose...

Meanwhile, Lanelle cooked like mad, and what we didn't have, we went out to shop for, and we must have hit close to every shop in town, and we still didn't get all the stuff we needed in one trip! Unfortunately, out of all the people she invited, only one person actually showed up, but she brought a friend, too. We did much swing dancing, and we enjoyed all the food she made, though it was a ton, and we had way too much leftover! Added to that was a birthday cake, two different flavors of ice cream, a tiramasu, and a veggie plate! All of that was in addition to all the sushi and tempura she had been making all day.

But that was it! Didn't go out somewhere special, didn't watch any movies...but it was still a lot of fun!