Braised asparagus, pan-fried sweet potatoes, filet minion on the grill, red wine.

There’s a special wine section in the local fancy-foods store that has wine for girls turning four.

The blue blob with the candles poked in it is play dough—

because I couldn’t poke candles into strawberries with whipped cream, which is what we had for dessert.

By then, I was too busy eating to remember to take any more photos.