Happy Birthday, Aaron!
Well, it's my roommate's birthday today. Becky and I just sprung a big one on him, too, with him unsuspecting. It was quite beautiful!
You see, Becky and I made a cake today, a nice lemon one with a lemon glaze on top. It's great-tasting, and it isn't the sort of thing one generally puts candles in. But it worked beautifully. Anyway, all day Becky and I were waiting for Aaron to leave to go to GUTS, but he went and it apparently was cancelled, or something. So that put a stop to our plans of filling the room with balloons and streamers. Instead, we quickly devised an alternate plan, and it went off nearly without a hitch…
After removing the screen from the window (which is right next to him) without him noticing, I set up a bunch of music playing, then ran off. Becky and I got the cake, sparkling cider, and balloons ready. I had set a loud song playing, for a cue so that we knew when to be ready, then I let the Beatles Birthday Song play just a tiny bit after 12, while I came in with a flaming cake and Becky sent balloons flying through the open window.
The funniest thing about it all was Aaron's reaction. When the Beatles Birthday Song came on, Aaron was sort of humming along to it without realizing the significance! He got it when he saw the cake and the sparkling cider. Aaron was very surprised… :-D It made me quite happy.
Anyway, that's the second year in a row that we've surprised him. We'll have to keep doing that for the rest of his life. :)
PS. The cake was excellent, thanks to the culinary skills of Becky, and the moderate help of yours truly. The cider was good too, but it was made even better by drinking out of the cool red glasses. As you can see from the pictures, we made good use of the balloons.