Mr. Sweetie Had A Birthday!

So, Mr. Sweetie had a birthday! His actual birthday was on the day Pony celebrated hers with her friends, so Mr. Sweetie got to go rollerskating and have a sleepover with 7 of the Pony's friends.

So we decided that one didn't count.

Sunday night we managed to assemble a nice Pile O' Presents and I was planning to make a cake. Sadly, homework reared an ugly head, and so I bought the most beautifully decorated cupcakes from the gourmet grocery. Besides, we still had some of the Pony's SECOND cake hanging around, so it didn't seem prudent to add a THIRD cake in a week.

We got him some music on CD, some DVDs, a board came to play with the family, and Stuff For The Boat. Bunny gave him an event guide for boating on the upper Mississippi and St. Croix, complete with drink recipes and maps and dining guides. It's your full service guide for reading over the winter months.

And he got flags. And by "flags" I mean "FLAGS!" Gramma Sweetie sent a lovely ensign flag for the back of the boat. I got him a set of 40 signal flags. Traditionally used for communication at sea, the flags include the alphabet, numbers 0-9, plus some additional message flags. In this era of wireless communication, I don't see us needing to display messages--rather, I thought, we might just string them from bow to stern for a festive fluttering display.

So, we tried it out, as you can see above. Does it surprise anyone at all that the first thing we tried to spell out was "Lady Cliff?"