Birthdays, Berry People and Blueberry Muffins

My youngest chicken is turning 4 on Friday. She is VERY excited about this event and we have been counting down the days for about 3 months now. (See Blog Post: October) Since we have returned from our little extended stay in Colorado, (oh bloger-ific-ness, why did I fail you) we have been talking more about the day to come. She is convinced that since she switched Birthdays with Jesus (again read "October" blog) that she is in fact going to be five on Friday. ah yes the logic of an almost 4 year old.
We do not do BIG birthday parties for the chickens every year so one of the things we do is let them pick a "birthday dinner". When I asked Rebekah what she wanted for her birthday dinner she told me "Croll" (Cereal). I asked her what she wanted for her birthday cake and she told me that she wanted "blueberry muffins with bee's on top" "okaaaaay" I am thinking to myself, this is slightly weirder then Justin wanting Campbell's chicken noodle soup for his birthday when it fell on thanksgiving. Oh well, I think to myself, I can let her pick out her own box of cereal and then cook something else for the rest of us.
I then asked her who she wanted to come to her party. She said "memaw & papa" Oh boy, here we go...
"so if they cant come who do you want to come?"
"Mommy! Papa has not been to my house in a LOOOOONG time."
"I know Rebekah, but if he cant come who do you want?"
"uncle Jeremy."
"ok, and if he cant come, who?"
"Aunt Heidi"
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
"k, if she cant come who do you want to invite?"
"MOMMY!!! She has not never been here!!"
"I know that Rebekah but I think she has plans next week so I don't think she will be able to make it. so who do you want to invite?"
"HUMPH!! "
So I took that as my cue that we were not going to get anywhere and maybe I should move on.
Last night I began to ask her about her blueberry bee muffins and she stopped me.
"Mommy, I don't want muffins."
"you don't?"
"nope, I want strawberry short cake."
thinking for a moment I might be saved, I asked...
"like the dessert or like the toy?"
"like the toy"
oooh Boy here we go again!!