Tink's Birthday Celebration

Little Terri Strathairn, AKA Tinkerbell, celebrated her birthday (bet you can't guess which one) on Sunday, but it was Tuesday before we could all get together and celebrate with her.  Norma, of course, organized the whole thing with a little input from me.  She reserved the Trophy Room at the Country Club and everyone ordered off the menu or went to the Mexican buffet.  It's pretty much the usual suspects minus a few like Katie and John (she has been sick all week).

Gene and Evie

Barb Lee with Norma (John was out of town on business).

Harry and Sue

Pat and Don

Edgar and Tom having a discussion.

Jeannine and Dennis

The birthday princess with her hubby (hint: she looks like she's about 25).

Norma and Ken

The balloons feature Disney characters little girls like.

The Trophy room is private and intimate but we had to push all the round game tables together.  It worked out fine.

Renate and Edgar

Norma looks pretty in that purple jacket.

After much pleading, we got Pat to tell the infamous "Duck Joke".....again.  I have no idea how many times I've heard it but it's always funny to hear Pat tell it.  It has a very off color word so I won't go any further.  This joke started all the "ducking" that has gone on here for the last couple of years.  After Pat told the joke there was much finger-pointing and accusations about who might have done the neighborhood-wide Halloween ducking.  I still think it's Tink and Captain Outrageous.  It would be so like them on Halloween to do this and those ducks come from the Oriental Trading Company catalogue which Terri uses to order party decorations.  What do you think?  Pretty suspicious, huh?

The cake has Tinkerbell hanging from a stem over a flower.  When Norma described it to me after she'd ordered it, I said, "It sounds like something you'd get for a 5-year-old."  Norma responded, "Well?"  like doesn't that make sense? Those pink candles we have used for almost everybody's birthday for the last 5 years.  They used to be 12 inches tall and I think we started out with a dozen.  They're still effective and since I haven't found any good replacements yet we'll probably use them a few more times.