And here's a picture of Stephen and Claudia with the Langsford Staff in the background. This picture turned out to be the calm before the storm because everyone was really hungry. If you look carefully, you can see that the staff was ready to eat and tired of picture-taking:
Oh sure, you might think that's the traditional "peace" sign someone is flashing behind Claudia, but really it was someone using their fingers to simulate scissors and yelling "Cut the cake! Cut the cake!"
Then, when Stephen finally did begin to cut the cake, he took forever because he had to painstakingly line up each knife cut perfectly. Now, this tendency for perfection is certainly useful when helping a student match all the words in the sentence she's reading, but in this situation, it only increased the restlessness. A real free-for-all began when everyone wanted a piece that included logo icing.
Whew, it's a good thing company birthday celebrations only happen once a year. If you have some good tips on how to clean bright green icing off of bright yellow walls, let us know, okay?
