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A Unicorn Birthday Party, October 2010

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Four young children sit around a wooden table with toys and plates, one in cat ears smiles at the camera.

This was a mid-October weekend in 2010, and the house was full of small children for a birthday party. We gathered them around a big wooden table with colorful plates, snacks, and a few toys to keep them occupied. It was a classic kids' party scene, full of chatter and little bursts of energy between bites of food.

For entertainment, we had a homemade version of pin the tail on the donkey. I'd drawn a big unicorn on poster board and taped it to a wood-paneled wall. A bright pink blindfold was tied on, and a few slightly wobbly attempts were made to pin the tail in the right spot. After the game, we managed to get all the girls to line up for a group photo in front of the unicorn cutout.

The cake was the highlight, of course. A pink-frosted creation with a unicorn and a big sugar rainbow on top. Once the candles were lit and blown out, we cut into it to reveal that the inside was made of rainbow-colored layers, which got a pretty great reaction from the birthday girl.

Six young children are gathered around a large coffee table with food and toys in a bright room.A person ties a pink blindfold on a child in a striped dress, with another child partly visible on the right.A blindfolded child places a purple mane on a paper unicorn cutout against a wooden wall, with a potted plant nearby.Three young children stand in front of a wooden wall with a unicorn cutout; one child wears red, one striped, and one floral.Six young girls stand in a row indoors, with a plant and a white horse drawing behind them.A round yellow cake decorated with a white unicorn, a rainbow, and the name "MAIRE" in pink frosting.A unicorn birthday cake with a rainbow and lit candles, surrounded by party food on a kitchen counter.A child in a striped shirt looks at a rainbow cake with a slice removed, while another person is on the left.

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