Kaylee woke up with a bound. Today was her birthday! She was going to have a lot of fun today. First, she would dress up in a pair of knickerbockers and a ring. Then, she would run downstairs to see if the master bathroom was decorated and ready for the party. They had invited eight of her closest friends. When everyone arrived, they would spend seven hours playing fun games like charades and doctor. Her mom was planning to make plenty of doughnuts and cinnamon toast for everyone. Kaylee would try to blow out all twenty-eight candles on the lavender and red cake. While the guests were eating their cake, Kaylee would be opening her gifts. Maybe the first package would contain a dart! She hoped it would be an overgrown dart. Her friend Mahatma had said he would give her a sack of potatoes, and her grandfather always gave her cool stuff like the Theremin she gave her last year. Kaylee could hardly wait!
She glanced out the window and was surprised to see that an earthquake was on its way. Hopefully, that wouldn't deter anyone from coming. She looked in her closet for her pair of knickerbockers. It wasn't there. Uh oh. It was still dirty from her day at the landfill. She would have to wear a pair of heels instead. She didn't really care, as long as she could still wear her ring.
She careened downstairs and went into the kitchen. It smelled like something died. Her mom was standing there with a spoon in her hand. "Happy Birthday Honey!" she said with a hiccup.
"Hi Mommy!" Kaylee replied hopefully. "What are you doing?"
"I'm making the doughnuts," she replied. "I decided to make it with extra sourdough. Hope that's okay with you."
"I guess so," Kaylee replied defiantly. "Do we have the cinnamon toast ready?"
"I'm going to wait until nine o'clock to start that," her mother replied vigorously. "It only has to fry languidly in brittle skillet for twenty-five minutes."
"Okay," Kaylee replied ferociously. "I'm gonna go to the master bathroom."
"First, young lady, you need to have some breakfast. I've got some pecan pie in the skillet for you."
"Can't I just take a peek at the master bathroom first?" she begged.
"It looks just like it always does," her mother replied. "Remember, I'm depending on you to help with the decorating."
"Oh yeah," Kaylee responded, as she sat down to her pecan pie. "Let's hang lots of striped balloons and cover the washstand and the carpet with chartreuse crepe paper."
"That's fine," said her mother defiantly. "The paper plates and napkins have pictures of your favorite singer, Taylor Corialis. Set the table with them, and make sure everyone has a pair of chopsticks."
"Huh," Kaylee responded. "I'm done, can I get started with the decorating now?"
"I think you inhaled your food," said Mother with a hug. "Go on, I'll be there in a few minutes."