the 20th birthday party

Here's where I asked him how it is being twenty.

He said, "Well, actually I'm not twenty for a day and a half, so I don't know yet."

Here's the lovely cake, decorated by young squirrels.

Okay, Here are Maria and Heather, laughing at something inappropriate James said.  No idea what it was, and that's probably for the best.

Oh, those video games, ei-yi-yi.

Usually we do presents after cake, but p.j. was so tired it seemed like we should speed the show up in case she had to go home to bed.   It works fine either way.

This is the dragon puzzle Tim built when the kids stayed overnight with my parents.  It's large and fragile, and was doomed to eventually be knocked around or handled by nephews.

He put on some dabs of Elmer's glue, and I hung it from his ceiling by thread, where it looks very cool and seems to be also safe.

Oh, time for presents:

Here's my sweetie, announcing he's a Vampire Bear.

This patient woman, about to give birth, wow, that's a baby.

Here's the sweetie as a vampire kitty cat.

And this is the hole in the floor to the office.     It's a hole from when a radiator was moved--a pipe ran through there, and if you crouch down and put your eye to it, you can see Grandpa's desk and depending on how you angle it, part of the office can be seen.

So someone was in the office sticking things up through the hole and then down again, to harass the kids.

When Jay realized someone was in the office, his eyes flew open.  He hates kids in the office unsupervised--too many papers and parts and no, no, no.   You have the whole house, not the office.

It was only Dan.  He's safe in the office alone.

Kirby laughing:

Jimmy goofing around:

It was a great party for a great guy--happy birthday again Jay.  love always, Mom and Dad