Thursday, November 15, 2007

Sophie's 3rd Birthday

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I bought another cake this evening, which, after a delicious curry dinner at a local restaurant, we also dug into!

A "musical candle flower" came with the cake, and had several candles inside.  We lit the candles and watched it burn, expecting music, but there was none! So we waited...

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Then, boy were we surprised when suddenly flames shot out over 1 foot into the air in a dazzlingly dangerous pyrotechnic display.  Sophie got quite a scared look on her face!  I'm glad no one was leaning over it!  It would definitely not pass US safety standards, but it was fun to watch!  Safety-Dad was nervous.
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Here we are, the 5 of us with Sophie's birthday cake and the candle in it's pre-flamethrower mode. Had we done this picture a bit later, we might have been the only 5 person family without eyebrows.
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No matter what; I could not get the music to stop playing from the flame-thrower candle.  Even after being submerged in water for 15 minutes, it was still playing.  I had to take it downstairs to throw it away so we wouldn't hear Happy Birthday all night!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Happy Birthday to Sophie!!! We all want one of those cool candles now! The "re-lighting" ones just won't cut it anymore. Hope you all are well..hugs all around! The Wilsons

Bob & Amy said...

Happy Birthday Sophie - Andrew LOVED seeing your birthday candle. He said is was SO FUNNY!! I'm sure he'll expect fireworks on his now...
Glad you had a fun day!
Love,
The Mahers

Catherine said...

great - so you didn't hear Happy Birthday all night... but what about the poor guy living next to the dumpster?