Birthday Season

My greatest regret in life thus far is that I didn't have my camera with me at my sister's house today. I saw the greatest thing ever and oh, how I wish I could post a picture of it on the blog. Birthday season has begun in our family. We already celebrated birthdays for Marmot Dad and my sister. My birthday and the birthday of my twin niece and nephew are in exactly one week and Madame 3-yr-old's birthday is four days after that. Soooo, birthday preparations are in full swing at the Marmot House. You will recall that Madame has been planning her 4th birthday for a good six months. Fortunately, she's forgotten her Christmas theme and now wants mermaid-decorated food and a unicorn pinata. (She was sad that I will probably miss the pinata portion of her party, because it was going to be my special treat to be allowed to hit the pinata right after Madame herself takes a whack at it.)

The pinata is almost complete and it is glorious. Imagine, if you can, a paper mache head and body spray painted GOLD with a giant, wide horn protruding right out of the top of the head (my sister, apparently, got in trouble for her poor placement of the horn) and a saddle with stirrups painted on the body (courtesy of Madame 5-yr-old). And that's not all. My sister and the girls dyed some yarn pink and yellow to make a mane and tail and the unicorn will soon have sproingy paper legs. My sister was making them while I was there, and Tuey was chewing on them. He's a helper. As soon as possible, I will be returning to photograph the unicorn and share the pictures. It's the best thing I've ever seen.