Pat's 63rd Birthday

It has been a long day, a busy day. We had a birthday dinner for Pat. Chinese food, cookie cake, balloons all around and lots of candles (including some trick ones) to make wishes on. The Goodsells came for dinner and Sasha visited on Skype. Now I'm finishing the cleaning up while Pat takes her mom home. It was a good evening and we all enjoyed hearing Agatha sing "Happy Birthday." The kids all got a balloon. Grandma got some chocolate pie. Chloe delighted us all by motoring all over the house, a real explorer. We ate a lot, laughed a lot. I'm no longer married to a younger woman, at least for five weeks. Life is good.