
A word of advice. Don’t send the dyslexic of the family out for birthday candles.
My daughter turned eleven over the weekend. I was in charge of the birthday candles. Now most fathers would have grabbed a box of the standard b-day candles – or perhaps even upgraded to the giant numerals – purchasing two “1″s to make an impressive “11″.
Not me. I had to go the specialty party store – and purchase the candles that are actually individual letters made out of wax, stuck on sticks so that you can spell out “Happy Birthday” on the cake.
This would have been great – except that I accidentally bought the box that spells “Happy Retirement”. Leaving me with no other choice but to make up a new word from the letters in r-e-t-i-r-e-m-e-n-t.
Saturday, my daughter was pleasantly surprised with a cake that said “Happy Time”.
I still dont know which was funnier, my sister trying to figure out where the “m” is in “birthday” or the look on my daughters face as she chalked one more item to the “why my dad is such a dork” list.
Classic.