Sassafrass! (Also, Eureka: California)

a. 1 Magician (by day, a professor of education...)

b. 1 Magician's Sister (Colleague in my department)

c. 1 Fellow Junior Faculty (prize-winning scone baker)

d. 1 Fellow Junior Faculty (committed Wii player)

e. 1 Mom (married to d.), Friend to us.

f. 1 moderately new, and unbelievably cute, baby to (d. and e)

g. 1 older sister (to f.)

h. 1 pre-school Mom (writer, designer), Friend to us.

i. 1 network engineer Dad (married to h.), Friend to us.

j. 1 pre-school buddy to the Lamb (son of h. and i.)

k. 1 pre-school buddy to the Lion Cub (daughter of h. and i)

l. 1 pre-school Mom (knitter, computer engineer), Friend to Us.

m. 1 computer systems engineer Dad (married to l.), Friend to Us.

n. 1 (more) pre-school buddy to the Lamb (daughter of l. and m.)

o. 1 (more) pre-school buddy to the Lion Cub (daughter of l. and m.)

p. 1 theatre design technician (friend to b.), new friend.

q. The Lion Cub.

r. The Lamb

s. My Better Half

t. Me.

That's 20 people.

Add to the above:

18 freshly baked scones (recipe provide by h. above)

12 mini-muffins from Breadsmith

12 sourdough rolls also from Breadsmith. Equivalent to heroin for the Lion Cub and the Lamb.

40 beef sausages (with 'Red Sauce;' made by the Queen (my mother) and the Queen Mother (my Grandmother))

+/- 24 home-made chocolate chip cookies

1 gallon of orange juice

7 pots of drip coffee. We use this brand

1 loaf of banana bread (baked by h. above)

1 packet of Lego Gummies

untold packets of starburst candies

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3 hours on a sunday morning...

+ a great magic show...

+ the magic show's magic word, "SASSAFRASS!"

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Craziness.

Fun too, but craziness definitely. And the coffee is why I am up at 12:44 am, blogging.

Thank you, the Amazing Houdini of St. Louis Park (and Eureka, California)...

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