MARCH on your birthday gift!

We have discovered the very best birthday gift ever--and it happened at our Sunday family dinner for Sabrina. She chose spaghetti for her dinner, and "lettuce...oh yeah, I mean salad", and bread (with Clearman's spread on it) and for dessert, ice cream drumsticks (with no nuts). So that is what we had, ( even though Bob wondered "Didn't we just have spaghetti last Sunday?" Me: "well, yes we did, but it is Sabrina's choice and she is part Italian!) Then came the gifts. Now, Sabrina is organized, and she had a list of items she would like to receive, so we could have some shopping choices. I don't remember them all, but I do remember that there were quite a few pet choices -- including a hamster, horse, fish, puppy, ...-- camera, rollerblades, clothes, and ten sheets of bubble wrap, to list a few. Well the pet situation is a no go says Mom Amy-Sue, and the clothes were taken by parents. That left rollerblades (and a new helmet, said Amy-Sue); but since Sabrina is still side-lined with a broken finger I decided that would be torture to get something that he little active self could not use for a while. Camera sounded good--her Mom is a getting quite good with her new camera so they can collaborate. Aunt Tiff and Uncle Drew and family took care of the pet issue with a butterfly farm that Sabrina can hang from the ceiling. BUT. . .both Tiff and I could not resist the TEN SHEETS OF BUBBLE WRAP! and, as it turned out, neither could Sabrina, her sisters, and her cousins. With screams of joy the popping began--they used their hands, elbows, chins, rear ends, feet and bodies, and then we all went outside and rolled Sabrina up in bubble wrap (which might be a good idea, since she is the one with the most injuries in the whole family) and then we unrolled her down the driveway. To end it all, we laid the bubble wrap out and Sabrina ran up and back, nine times while we all tried to swat her as she ran past. For good measure, Rylee had to take a turn running up and down 16 times, because we missed swatting her on her February birthday. I'm sure the neighborhood was delighted with our noise, as some peeked out their windows. "Oh, it's those Ashcrafts and DelBellos again." SOOOO if you are looking for a gift that is sure to please...head for the bubble wrap. Happy Birthday Sabrina--

ps. The reason for 10 sheets of bubble wrap? So each cousin could have their own piece! That's how Sabrina is--she is a jewel!