Happy 8th Birthday, Cassie

[caption id="attachment_4006" align="aligncenter" width="224"] Cassie prepares Monster High for the next week's classes[/caption]

Happy Birthday, Michael

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One of Mike's favorite Sesame Street characters was The Count. We'd had this jack-in-the-box Count for a long time and gave it to him for this birthday. Within a few minutes, the littler kids in the party had grabbed the toy and were using it to scare young Billy (age 18 months).