It started on the 23rd of May, when Sarah assembled her friends
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for a salad dish
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a pasta dish
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a chicken dish
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and a salad
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but Ben
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was more interested in the bread
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and I had my Diet Snapple
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so I was happy. Ben made it to the (almost) clean plate club
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as Sarah and Suzanne
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Claire and Joyce
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and Ryan (with a penchant for moving trunks) and John
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welcomed Claire's new friend
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and Jane
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was incognito about finishing her food
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and mine
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though the light was better
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for this picture.
Two nights later, on May 25, the tables
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were set, the servers
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were ready, the plates
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were there as was the carrot and asparagus dish
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and the special dish
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that ChefRob
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had prepared and we admired the umbrella stand
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and the flowers
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as the bar
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was assembled and the flowers
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and chess board
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set the tone for bread and roll
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as Sandra arrived to be greeted by Suzanne
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and there followed the picture of the two
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who organized the meal and the two chef's (ChefRob and ChefLarry)
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who were cooking it.
On Thursday, May 27, I took a picture of Mark Hansen
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of the English department who is staying and then headed off to
Ben's school in the evening. This boy greeted us
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as I took a self portrait
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Jane
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appeared distracted
and Alan
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wondered what the sleepover would be like. Ben's class filed in
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and Suzanne
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settled in behind us as the kids
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sat down and the drama teacher
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set the context. The children settled
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as the first story was read
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and then a character emerged
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to tell his tale. Next, Ben
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emerged and chased Joel
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before they came together
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and Ben
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watched Joel catch some sleep
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before they headed off
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and the next story
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could be told. There followed another story
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before Ben put on the Russian hat
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for his tale of Sam Levin
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who made the trip
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from Russia's cold weather. The story unfolded
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and Sam (Ben)
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was still in his hat with Bobby as the class gathered
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and a picture was missed
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for further gathering
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before they dispersed
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and the story continued
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complete with finger props
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to end the tale. After a few more stories
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we saluted the class
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and Joel and Ben
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made their way while Brian Blount posed
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and then Ben posed for a number of hat pictures
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before I said hello to Dr. Ginsburg
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and Ben showed us his Russia diorama
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complete with map
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colored in. On the way to the car, we saw this frog
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and then this one
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before we followed Suzanne
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home with Ben
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incognito in the back seat.