Happy 8th Birthday Allie!

Today is Allie's 8th birthday. It is also her cousin Amelia's 4th birthday.

We had a party for Allie at Clay Corner Studio, a paint-your-own-pottery shop.

This year's theme was "flip-flops" and Mary Jean made us another fabulous cake. Now I don't usually share my cake, I mean the kid's cakes, with just anyone, but this year I thought I'd be generous. Besides, what business do I have eating an entire cake by myself. The cake was so good. I mean really good...so good that everyone wanted a second piece. Jason said he could see my heart sink every time someone asked for more. But don't worry, I cut the pieces real thin and saved myself some for later.

We went to our favorite restaurant, El Mezcal, for supper. Allie got to wear the birthday sombrero, our favorite waitress brought her a Mexican orange soda, and she got her own fried ice cream.

Whew! I'm glad birthdays only come around once a year.

Now if you'll excuse me, I have one last piece of cake to eat!