8 1/2 Candles

I hung our festive birthday wreath on the door.  Mark wondered if we'd cut it in half since it was his half birthday.

Let's not get carried away.

Mark spent a good portion of his day building his new Lego set.

Then he explained its finer points to me.

In great detail.

Really, quite a lot of detail (ask me anything--no don't).

Then he got the box to further sell me on the virtues of an ARC 170.

Really Mark, you had me at "it's on sale."

For dinner, I set a celebratory table (which Mark didn't care at all about but I like setting a celebratory table).

"The Special Plate" for the (half) Birthday Boy

And I let Gavin stay for dinner (which keeps things lively).

Is it just me or does Mark look too old in these pictures?

8 1/2 candles?

Slow down, kid.