Sophie's 3rd Birthday

Sophie turned 3 years old today!  I brought a cake to school today which she, her classmates, and her teachers devoured!

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...

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.
 

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.
  

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!