you light your own birthday candles when you’re 41

Jun 14, 2024

We celebrated Coco’s 14th birthday yesterday. Yes, it was late because she was with her Mom on her special day. We had ice-cream and cake with candles. Coco switched places with the 1 and 4 and lit them herself this year.

Coco is 41?

She doesn’t look a day over 40!

The pool temp yesterday evening when Coco got in was a drastic 10 degrees warmer than it was during her swim just 2 days ago. No polar plunge benefits, but it’s still a few degrees too cool for me. With highs in the mid-90’s predicted for the coming days, I expect it will be perfect.

No pool for Dharma, but she was happy to get the water hose pointed her way.

If I had a coat like Dharma, I’d be ok with having the water hose turned on me too. Getting wet and drying in the sun is one of her favorite things to do.

Dharma loves the water hose and the sun

No family photo this time around.

I totally forgot about taking a group shot yesterday. I wasn’t on my game, for sure. Mom’s birthday is up next on June 19th. I’ll see if I can’t do better about getting a shot of everyone except my granddaughter and a dog. 🙂

Now you know: IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad (who started the company when he was 17) flew coach, stayed in budget hotels, drove a 20 yo Volvo and always tried to get his haircuts in poor countries. He died at 91 in 2018 with an estimated net worth of almost $60 billion.