They discussed the kind of thing the birthday girl might like.
"I have something very important to say," the birthday girl said.
Suddenly it looked as if a cloud had passed over the face of my 11-year-old birthday girl.
The birthday girl will then dance with the doll as part of the ceremony.
The birthday girl, however, was one note ahead of her well-wishers.
He smiled at her and said, "How's the birthday girl?"
My birthday girl was holding court, telling Josh's kids about her boarding school.
The next morning I phoned the parents of the birthday girl and apologized.
Then there was the party where the birthday girl fell and cut her head open on a barbecue grill.
"Got to go," my birthday girl said at last, kissing me once and rising.
