Jedi Training

My parents visited this weekend to see their grandchildren, to help me prepare for Ian's birthday party, and to celebrate my birthday. (Those are listed in order of importance, by the way ;-) ) Steve, Ian, and my dad made the Jedi light sabers, which will be used by Ian's friends at the party. They are constructed of the finest materials: rubber bicycle handle bar grips, flexible pvc pipe, and foam pool noodles cut in half. Naturally, each light saber underwent rigorous and extensive testing by our quality assurance department. Most of them passed. The red light saber, to be used by Darth Vader, is still in the design phase - which means we have not located a red pool noodle yet. They are hard to come by this time of year.

The party prep is going smoothly. Tomorrow I start baking R2-D2cake pieces in chocolate, white, and sparkle flavors. These will be stored in the freezer until decorating and assembly day. Thirteen days and counting.