Doing What I'm Told

Don't you sometimes envy childen their certainty? My almost-3-year-old has very clear ideas about what constitutes a birthday party:

• balloons (with ribbon)
• a pretty party dress
• presents
• candles, on a chocolate birthday cake with pink icing
• a birthday girl ("That's me, " adds M, just in case there was any doubt)
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I've done my best to oblige. The cupcakes are orange flower and vanilla with a real strawberry frosting - something for the grownups! If you are the praying kind, please pray for good weather in the South of England tomorrow.