[RKDinOKC]

When I was 6 I helped Mom bake and ice the cake, I seem to remember it being shaped like a cat cause when I was 6 I was ate up with the cartoon character Top Cat. We always made party favors out of marshmallows, life savers, gum, rubber bands, tooth picks and food coloring. One year it was life saver airplanes with Juicy Fruit sticks of gum for the wings. That year the cake was an airport with an airplane made of Hersey bars. After getting everything ready for the party I would go around the neighborhood and invite everyone to my birthday party. Mom says she did it that way so none of the parents felt pressured to get any gifts. Us kids had a blast. We did the neighborhood surprise party thing from when I was 3 until I was 9. Then it was just not cool any more.