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were amused as Jane flipped the channels
and Ben
decided to get his shoes on
so we could take these non pictures
before heading off for the birthday picture
at the Olive Garden
where Suzanne
reported that there was no room, so we took the car
to Chili's
for the next birthday picture
before waiting
for just long enough for the birthday girl
to acknowledge the employees of the month
and then do some eye experiments
to see if you can flash and still see.
Once we were seated, our waitress
got the ordering started
as Fred tried to lean back
but then posed
before leaning back
so that I could see Kaylen
and Suzanne
and Benjamin
before taking artistic ketchup bottle pictures
and pictures of pictures
being taken. Benjamin
and Suzanne
were focussed on their ordering as Jane
did her face thing that convinced me to get back to artistic photos
of beer bottles
and wine bottles
and root beer
while the chips and salsa
and milkshakes
were being delivered. There were chicken wings
and then the burgers came
so Benjamin got ready to dig in
as did Suzanne
and I
Meanwhile, Jane began to read her gift scrap book
while the cake arrived
and the singing
began. We watched the cake
and the candle got blown out
so we could dig in
and eat away
until the gifts -- clothes
clothes
wrapped book
unwrapped book
jewelry
and jewelry
started being opened and the cake
started to disappear. Back to more clothes gifts
DVD
and 2 posters for Jane's ceiling
and we were ready for the pictures of the menu with flash
and without
which led to even more presents of creams
socks
a T shirt
and a DVD
that seemed to be a large enough haul. After collecting this sign
for the collection, we called it a night and vowed to
start celebrating again the next day which was the real birthday.
But first we had to pause to give Jane many many hours to work on her
anthology and for Sarah and Ed to think about breaking into the house
(but I was asleep then and so there are no photos).
Back to reality, the next day was Jane's true birthday and more gifts
had appeared
on the festive table
with this card
and this gift certificate
and a lot of balloons
to accompany the fine food
from Olive's.
Ben ground stones for Jane
who wore the birthday hat and a scarf from yesterday
as she considered the cereal box card
we made for her. Jane's sandwich looked good
so Benjamin
and Sarah
dug in and then Benjamin
considered the fruit and veggies
when Suzanne entered
and there were more presents
as Suzanne ate
and I took the artistic round tin can photos
before the cake came
and Jane huffed
and puffed
and blew the candles out
so that she could open some more clothing gifts
and then the gift from Metropolis
that included a tip
and some lip balm
that caused Benjamin
to perform acrobatics with his bread. This card
refused to be photographed but came with a vessel
for holding other photos. The final gift
concerned makeup
and then we toasted Jane and declared her fifteen.