It was time to have the official celebration of Jane's birthday in preparation for the sing-a-long of the Wizard of Oz at McCarter. We ordered pizza and made salad even as the first departee said good bye to Jane while the others gathered around the PS-2 and Fred, Lucy and Kaylen were cozy on the couch. We checked out the works for Ben's electricity project and then as I admired my pizza (jalapenos, pineapple and olives) Ben was watching television as the table was set and Kaylen, Fred and Lucy took a sample picture before getting it right as people gathered and sat at the table and the birthday girl made a weird face.

Ben and I decided to take a picture of my drink and then his -- back and front as the birthday cake appeared even as the assembled acknowledged that there was pizza and a little salad left over. The cake was prepared and a few candles lit in a process that eventually got them all (with just a few burnt fingers) so that Suzanne could bring it in and place it before Jane who blew out all but 1 candle and then stared at the cake before the cutting began and we could finish the celebration of her 16th birthday.