It was April 4 and we remembered what happened 18 years ago and so Josephine put together food and Suzanne bought a birthday cookie and the table was set and the room decorated so that we could salute Ben who was 18 as her sat in the other room with Harun and Eric and then they were joined by Gauthier and Alex Bauman who joined the group as we observed the table and Ben posed with the mariachis before sitting to eat as Andy Ie arrived and the group ate much food before Jeff arrived bearing gifts. So, Ben opened his gifts from Sarah and worked on the puzzle as the gifts accumulated and then Suzanne brought out many gifts for Ben so that he could go off to college in style.

This made it time for the birthday cake (or cookie as the case may be) to be brought forward and after the requisite singing, pieces were cut including this one for me and to celebrate his birthday, Ben solved the puzzle and then Milosh arrived and the birthday was done.