Finally, it was time to celebrate Ben's birthday. Jane brought a sign which was hung
and welcomed people
and then we admired the framing of Jane's work
as Ben posed
and a closer picture of a framed picture was taken
as Jane
Ben
Suzanne
and I posed
and then Jane took a few photos of the group to test the new camera
before Ben began to open his birthday present
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just in time since Alan had arrived to drop off Joel
and the gang was engaged in Dance Dance Revolution
to work off calories that might come from chips
and even more action was necessary as Eric and Ben competed
since the pizza was ready to be eaten
along with the remaining condiments.
We adjourned into the other room where Joel and Ben sat
as did Suzanne
Andy
Jane
and Ryan
when Jeff arrived
which seemed to cause Joel to eat another piece of pizza
perhaps because when the gift giving started, Jeff had given Ben a gift certificate from Hoagie Haven which took a number of tries to get into frame
and Andy had produced a card that showed he's been stalking Ben
as Joel, Andy and Ben sat on the couch
and Suzanne and Jane posed
before Jane left with her hat to wear to the architecture prom
as Jeff claimed his rightful seat in the Steelers seat
and the cake was prepared
even as Jeff figured out the train schedule to New York.
The candles on the cake were light
and blown out
and removed
making Ben officially 15
as his friends started to celebrate
with Jeff's shirt
meaning that Jeff and Eric had to pose as the HH twins
even as the cake was being eaten.
The sugar led Eric to embrace Raggedy Ann
as an intense game of Apples to Apples emerged
and Jeff
Alan
Suzanne
and I
focussed on the UNC victory over Villanova (which had probably not even beaten Pitt).
