Happy birthday Helen and Flora! To celebrate their birthdays, the family and I got together last night. We had a good time with plenty of food and cake for everyone. Unfortunately, the food preparation and the cleaning afterwards took so much time, we didn't have any time for any games after dinner. On the plus side though, I'm getting better at shucking oysters. Helen and Flora LOVE oysters (what kind of people order 20 oysters each at a restaurant?) and it's starting to rub off on me. I like my oysters with lemon juice and shallots.