twinage fourth birthday

another year gone by. one more candle on the cake. maybe more freckles. a year older. yesh, today is my sister's birthday (and mine, by default). we are twins. i was born at 5:29 in the a.m. and she at 5:31 (2 minutes later). she's only been older than me a few times and had her birthday twice before me. once in israel and the other in austria.

anyway, one of our favorite birthday cakes was one made in the shape of a hamburger with the bun, pickles, tomato, lettuce, mustard and ketchup. it was awesome! lot's of colored frosting to send us into insulin shock. but i think that's what grandparents are for. nevermind that mom and dad have to drive home for a half hour with kids hopped up on caffine and sugar.

the best drive home was going through carbon canyon with all the swirves, curves, and corners. phoof in the middle between her two brothers in the back seat of the ram charger. with every corner or curve, we would shift our weight and squish her as hard as we could. now, with that ride home and all of us supremely high on sugar (the consumsion of candy on the way home also helped nurse our addiction), soon the right buttons would be pushed and a fight would ensue. then, 5 minutes before we get to the driveway, "zzzzzzzzzzz!" the whole back seat would be dead to the world. gone. completely.

so, phoof, here's to another year. happy birthday little sister...