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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 collection sign
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).