The voices in my head don't think they're imaginary - March 8th, 2008

I have discovered the secret to being officially named "best mom evar," and not surprisingly, it involves frosting.

Tomorrow is daughter's 10th birthday, so to celebrate we brought a carful of neighborhood kids (and one big-ass cake from Costco) to the North Clackamas Aquatic Park, aka "the wavy pool." We all swam for an hour, then repaired to the party room for pizza and cake. I was pretty well prepared, but the one thing I didn't bring was a cake knife (I always forget the cake knife!) So I just handed each kid a fork and said "have at it."

They were gobsmacked at being invited just to "have at" a birthday cake. It cinched my candidacy. :-)

And, honestly, I think they all ended up eating *less* cake. More *frosting* maybe ... but less cake.

Swimming continues until 7. I'll be interested to see how long I can keep them here.