Michelle Turns Forty

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Glass model carousel, with circulating horses and changing colours A special birthday for Michelle this year so we had to have a celebration. Well, we almost always do, but this is an important one. This carousel/music box plays "We wish you a merry Christmas" as the horses circulate. And the colours change too. You can see that on the video clip below, but note that the camera was compensating for the changing colour balance and reduces the appearance of the change in colour.

Man, 3 boys on floor looking towards TV, little girl on lounge at rear The boys department here - there's some sort of war movie on the TV, and the boys are engrossed. Meanwhile, Lily is "resting" in the background, not paying much attention to the TV.

Little girl looking at camera with tired expression Lily now in the kitchen, but still showing the effect of a busy day, perhaps without enough sleep.

Man on sofa with balloon; boy drawing on a balloon and little girl watching closely Well, Lily may be tired, but not too tired to closely examine what Jake is doing when drawing on the balloon. It's a safe bet that she will want to do so.

Boy drawing on balloon, man seated next to him on sofa Jake is carefully drawing on his balloon, with guidance from artist-in-residence Peter.

Boy holding white balloon with face drawn on it Flynn showing off his drawing skills!

Girl holding white balloon with face drawn on it Lily doing the same, though her skills are not quite so good. But she is only half Flynn's age!

Birthday cake, with candles lit, sitting on kitchen counter The candles lit, the traditional birthday cake ceremony is about to be performed. You'll have to watch the video to see it.

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"Happy birthday" is truncated - at the beginning of the first, and at the end of the second. Not sure why the latter happened.

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Michelle Turns Forty
Family celebration of Michelle's decade birthday - this time, the 4th decade.


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