The birthday girl, our older granddaughter, has requested a favorite menu of pork chops and mashed potatoes for dinner, and we happily satisfy our travel appetites. Her next request has the entire family playing an energetic game of Life, which turns more hilarious than usual with profuse commentary and a few modifications. (Adults might have been fueled by cocktails, children by sugar.)
Eventually we get around to the birthday cake, chocolate with chocolate frosting and Lego candles and decorations. Successfully extinguishing them with a single breath, birthday girl adds her applause to ours. Might as well scoop some ice cream onto those plates!
Eleven years old! Whoa!
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