Just a Few Birthday Pics

Shooting birthdays and such occasions in low and mixed light is not what one looks forward too, but when all is said and done, these photos are the stuff that may endure. Whatever pretty photos that I have will soon be lost to the mists of time, but family photos will tend to hang around.

Getting that background whimsical palaver out of the way, here are some photos from Jonathan's little birthday dinner. He's a fussy eater who, when prompted, asked for pizza and chocolate chip cookies for his celebration.

While waiting for the pizza to arrive, he opened his card, puzzles, and yoyo in that order.

The yoyo is different than any that he has had before and different than those that I used to play with about 60 years ago. But I had tried to get a little used to it before his birthday, so I did my best to give him a few pointers. In this photo I am rolling the string back up; this in itself is quite a unique procedure compared to the yoyos that both JJ and I are familiar with.

The pizza arrived: one for the kids, one for the adults. You may notice that the on kids' pizza (right), the two halves have different ingredients to suit their respective tastes. Sheesh!

Then came the procession of the cake. You can see the requested cookies on the edge of the plate, but we had nowhere to stick the candles, so we also also bought a small cake at the last minute.

Jonathan claps his hands with glee before summoning a mighty blow.

Then he got really silly by attempting to eat his cookies with a spoon.

And that, dear friends, is how Jonathan celebrated his 11th birthday with us and us with him.