She is sugar and spice

and everything nice, including freshly-baked brownies, ice cream with sprinkles, and chocolate eclairs.


Also little soft rabbits, flower petals, bracelets made of beads, and long, fruity showers. She knows how to bake cupcakes, and can run faster than I can. When it rains she wears little red rubber boots and stomps around in the puddles in the garden, happy and contented to be our song and sunshine.

Happy birthday to my niece, The Shrimpmouse!

[Post for a previous birthday]

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