A few days later, Ben hid behind his book
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and then posed
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as did Jane
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as Ben
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showed how a newly turned 9 year old reads a book.
That morning, I taught Jane's geometry class
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and the one after it with Justin
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and the rest of the kids
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in the class.
Then, I went to work and met with Bernard
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and Kai
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before Ken came down
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and took this picture of me with glasses
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and this without
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which were to be about my last pictures before my transformation.
Michele showed off her new lens
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before I headed off to the Y where the basketball
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was already starting to the amusement of Suzanne
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and Sadia and Audrey
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while in the other room, Jane
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Kevin
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and Jen
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were thinking about Jack's present
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which reused the invitation as Ian and Nate
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arrived and Nathaniel
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was there but Hannah
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was shy as Sebastian
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and Sam
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joined the game
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and the party room
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was getting set up with the sandwiches
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and fruit salad
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as the presents mounted
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and the cake (actually cookie)
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shined and the drinks
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were ready to go along with the chips
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in individual packages.
Back in the gym, the older kids
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watched as the game progressed
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and they were still watching
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when Benjamin
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had his moment of exuberance and Ed and Sarah
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arrived to explore the room
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and the goodie bags
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while I had to stand on my feet
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to finally get Sarah
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to give me a decent pose.
Back in the gym
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the other kids watched
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as the game wore down and everyone headed for the party room table
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where the kids are
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and mother and sister
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watched a happy birthday boy
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until the main act began. Ed started to juggle
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as Sarah watched
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and the kids
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talked about their juggling experiences until Ed juggled more
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and Ian watched
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and more juggling
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and more watching (Kevin this time)
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and juggling
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and watching
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as some kids gathered
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and others watched
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as Ed handed the balls to
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Kurren
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who couldn't quite juggle. The party continued
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and the balloons
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came as Ed got them lined up
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for more balloons
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as even the arrival of parents
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could not stop the lines
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even when Sam had his coat on
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the line continued
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and Leslie arrived
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for Will to a group of balloon wanting kids
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as did Ross
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who saw Kurren's swords.
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Laura
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and Hannah
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arrived but neither
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would quite pose for a picture even as Ben
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showed his balloon and the faces started
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until we got home
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for the local celebration
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which began with cheese
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and Email reading
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as Kurren and Ben played chess
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and then moved to the dinner table
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where Sarah and Ed
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were eating the remaining fruit salad
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and pizza was served
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to everyone's amusement
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until we decided to put on the birthday hate
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and sing to the birthday boy
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until Kurren lost track
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and decided to try to look like this
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sculpture. He came close
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to the amusement of all
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