Joni and her friend Betsy McGill; Joni and Betsy with my best friend, Pat

The party's entertainment was magician/mime Jack Julius

Jack starting the show with some techno pantomime; 
Threading a needle through a balloon held by our neighbors' son, Dylan

Card tricks and making birds appear out of nowhere

A rope trick with our neighbors' son Nathan,
our niece Maggie, and Ally-Jane

Nathan cutting the rope and Maggie magically moving the knot

A little Kleenex-waving, butt-shaking, hip-swaying, paper-munching fun 
with me, Joni's sister Katie, and Joni...

...which led to Jack pulling colored ribbons
out of his mouth and the rest of us spitting out Kleenex

Jack took a $20 bill from me, made me sign my name on it, put it in an envelope, lit the
envelope on fire, then cut open a fresh lemon, and the $20 bill--with my signature--was in there

Teaching Beth some magic with rings

Ripping up (and magically putting back together as a hat) some paper for our niece Natasha

Betsy happens to love birds, so Jack was kind enough to
conjure her one out of some cards

Pressing a bottle all the way through our friend Robin's body and magically
relieving Vicki of a bra, with help from her husband Ron (behind Jack) and
our neighbor Andy (in the Ravens jersey)

And that was the show, with a birthday certificate and some presents for Joni

No event at my folks' house is complete without
a veritable feast, whipped up by my mom

Ally Jane helped Joni open her presents...

...which included a Harley sweatshirt and a motorcycle
jacket to go with the 883 Sportster I got her

The party was delayed a day by a blizzard, but it was a good time!