Tabitha went to great lengths to be like Daddy today.
She searched high and low for her normally ignored blue jeans.
She begged her brother to use a shirt and then lobbied for a tie.
She stole his belt.
And she presented herself to us all at 7:15 in the morning.

Then she talked her sister into dancing with her, “Like Mommy and Daddy.”

Because Mommy and Daddy do so much dancing???

By 7:40 she had changed into her normal attire.  She decided the shirt was disgusting because Nigel wore it to church on Sunday.  Glad I hurried with the camera!

I celebrated my birthday a second time with my family, my mom, my sister, and my mother- and father-in-law on Saturday night.  Pizza and wings.  *slurp*  I’m just like the kids! 
I ate 10 chicken wings!  Should a 40 year old do that??!

John made the cake.  Correctly.  [Last year’s cake was not so well executed.]  This was the kind of cake that calls your name from across town!  Chocolate cinnamon-mayonnaise cake with homemade chocolate butter crème frosting. 

I’ll forgive him for putting “41” on the cake first. 
Remember my 37th birthday? 
He has a habit of making me as old as he is!

 

I LOVE these trying-to-get-a-photo photos!