Whee! Ko's birthday festivities were a delight! Her mom sent her a huge box of candy, balloons (long worm balloons with faces and balloon animal-type balloons), an Easter egg dyeing kit, lots of chips and salsa, and bubbles! I provided an ice cream cake from Ben & Jerry's, which I carefully labelled "Not an ice cream cake from Ben & Jerry's" to deter suspicion. I had to smash the box a bit to cram it in our freezer and ended up duct-taping the door shut. Whatever, it worked. :D

The party itself was a blast! Ko made some delicious bean dip, which Deep hoarded, and Nikki and Johanna sought to fashion an entire wardrobe for Ko out of balloon animal balloons. She got a vest, fairy wings, a hat, and a sumo wrestler thong. Johanna made Lederhosen for herself. I discovered, to everyone's surprise, that I was quite adept at making balloon animals! I made a poodle, then I started making a companion for her, only to have it pop on me. Part of the balloon stayed intact, though, and made a very humorous shape, if you know what I mean. :D

Later on, we brought out the cake, and I burned my fingers quite a few times trying to light all the candles: big 2-1 candles + 21 smaller candles + one to grow on. All present declared the cake to be crazy delicious, so go me!

After cake, we went our seperate ways to do work, but later in the evening, Nikki and Deep came back up to bring in Ko's 21st birthday in a more traditional fashion. Nikki made pina coladas, each of which contained enough rum to render Jack Sparrow unconscious. I just took a sip of Ko's and the smell completely bowled me over. Poor me: I like mixed drinks, I just loathe the taste and smell of alcohol! I guess it's good news for my liver.

Happy Birthday to Ko, Happy Zombie Jesus Day to the Christians, and Happy April 16th to everyone else!