we had a birthday party for Emma and PattyCake who just turned a year old, plus decided to proclaim it Nemo's faux first birthday (as his actual birth date is unknown) AND just for fun, decided to call it Lady's and Peanut's faux Second birthday, although there's a good chance Peanut is more like 2 1/2. We just don't know.
fumblesquid and her BF came to the party and brought gifts and took photos! (I took a couple of short videos but they didn't come out too well)
I think the humans had the best time, as my skittish rats were not really "into" this party thing.
And my new cat, Crispy,
really enjoyed the company and attention!
we had accidentally vegan cupcakes (made with an old recipe that was called Wacky cake when I was a kid, but also goes by the name Depression era cake, when butter and eggs and milk were in short supply)
Peanut was stressed out, possibly because I used a new strongly scented hand soap just before I picked her up and she didn't recognize me, so she was put back in their room early on. Nemo relaxed a bit in time, but when he got nervous, Emma and the other girls would drape themselves over him to help him feel safe and secure
These guys are so good to each other!!
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