The requested birthday menu was:
Hamburgers
Steak
Rabbit
Mochiko Chicken
Lamb
New England Chicken
Beef Jerky
Hot dogs
Carrots
I looked at the list, and asked Ellie and Jethro why they bothered to put carrots on the list, and Ellie said, "Well, we know you are gonna cook them anyway."
So we kept something on the grill at all times, and had a whole bunch of meat. And carrots.
When dinner was served, there was a bit of a seating issue. There were eight kids, four adults, six chairs and a couch. It was kinda a fend for yourself thing. At some point during dinner, the mom's did a head count, and found one missing. Movement outside the window caught our eye, and we found the Petite Delicate Flower aka the Goat in a Girl Suit.
Yes, she was sitting on the roof with her plate in hand, dining al fresco.
After dinner, we did the present thing (SQUIRREL!!!!!!!) and every prezzy Jethro received, he shook, and asked, "Is it food?" There were absolute Howls of laughter when he shook the envelope from ALA and asked, "Is it food?" and then opened it up to find a Sonic gift card.
All the Crew babies spent the night, and then we made pancakes for breakfast. Not just any pancakes, either. I put six different colors of pancake batter in squeeze bottles, and let them make their own...we had houses and trees, grapes and flowers, squiggles and shapes. Very fun. Wound up with more pancakes than we all could eat.
Twenty-four hours of swimming, games, canoeing, food, laughter, and a whole lotta love. And no chores. It was wonderful.
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