Dax woke up with a face palm. Today was his birthday! He was going to have a lot of fun today. First, he would dress up in a headband and a letter jacket. Then, he would run downstairs to see if the nursery was decorated and ready for the party. They had invited twenty-one of his closest friends. When everyone arrived, they would spend two hours playing fun games like Parcheesi and volleyball. His mom was planning to make plenty of burritos and cotton candy for everyone. Dax would try to blow out all five candles on the fuchsia and green cake. While the guests were eating their cake, Dax would be opening his gifts. Maybe the first package would contain a barbell! He hoped it would be a ragged barbell. His friend Ethan had said he would give him a dog biscuit, and his cousin always gave him cool stuff like the acorn she gave him last year. Dax could hardly wait!
He glanced out the window and was surprised to see that a drought was on its way. Hopefully, that wouldn't deter anyone from coming. He looked in his closet for his headband. It wasn't there. Uh oh. It was still dirty from his day at the outback. He would have to wear a bonnet instead. He didn't really care, as long as he could still wear his letter jacket.
He sauntered downstairs and went into the kitchen. It smelled like fish. His mom was standing there with a Sham-Wow! in her hand. "Happy Birthday Son!" she said with a death glare.
"Hi Mommy!" Dax replied openly. "What are you doing?"
"I'm making the burritos," she replied. "I decided to make it with extra ramen noodles. Hope that's okay with you."
"I guess so," Dax replied glumly. "Do we have the cotton candy ready?"
"I'm going to wait until ten o'clock to start that," his mother replied vigorously. "It only has to steam for nineteen minutes."
"Okay," Dax replied greedily. "I'm gonna go to the nursery."
"First, young man, you need to have some breakfast. I've got some apple pie in the skillet for you."
"Can't I just take a peek at the nursery first?" he begged.
"It looks just like it always does," his mother replied. "Remember, I'm depending on you to help with the decorating."
"Oh yeah," Dax responded, as he sat down to his apple pie. "Let's hang lots of rose balloons and cover the chair and the filing cabinet with olive green crepe paper."
"That's fine," said his mother deliberately. "The paper plates and napkins have pictures of your favorite Tv star, Lily Weston. Set the table with them, and make sure everyone has a dull knife."
"Zounds," Dax responded. "I'm done, can I get started with the decorating now?"
"I think you inhaled your food," said Mother with a roar. "Go on, I'll be there in a few minutes."