Dear Mr. Uncle Dan (this is what I called you tonight, when Mommy got off the phone with you, I said, "Was it Mr. Uncle Dan's burdday today?") Happy birthday. Look how pretty Teti and I look in the picture above. Aren't we gorgeous? Not one of the best pictures of you and Anna, though. I think Anna is crying, reaching for a candy bar, or a soda, because she knows that if she works you you will give those to her.
Okay, this one's a little better. Mr. Uncle Dan, I love that we both have blond hair and blue eyes in a family of darkies. My Daddy's side has pretty colored eyes but they all have dark hair (or, in Grampa's case, his is gray). Not us! We are the sole blondies. You're the lone blond sheep no longer. So that means you can't complain about genetics anymore, and it confirms it, those recessive genes were in there somewhere, or they never would have reached me. You really are a B------!
Mr. Uncle Dan, this picture makes Mommy laugh, because it is so YOU. We were on a boat, on a beautiful day, in the middle of a beautiful ocean, and still you look upon us all with disdain. And Mommy is still laughing because you really know how to have fun sometimes. Ha ha ha, ha ha ha. Seriously, Mommy loves you and for your birthday this year, Mommy is so excited to say that she is already planning her trip to visit you down in N'Orleans for the FIRST TIME in the five or so years you've lived there (has it been 5 years yet?) I hope Daddy can go too, so Babi and Duda can watch me and Anna for the weekend. So look into those Carnival dates! Mommy wants to eat King Cake, walk in the parade, and throw some beads! And eat food! Delicious, marvelous, wonderful Cajun food! And Mommy wants to finally meet Melanie, and have Mr. Ryan take her on a tour of the city, and maybe get her fortune told by a Voodoo Witch! You will have so much fun with Mommy, that it's a shame she told me and Anna we are never allowed to visit you in N'Orleans without her until we are in college, or maybe if we misbehave as teenagers she will ship us down with a one way ticket.
We love you, Uncle Dan, have a Happy, Happy Day!!
Love,
Mommy, Daddy, Lilly and Anna
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