Thanks eveyone. My birthday was really great. I got a hair straightener, some cool t-shirts (one of which says "I have just kidnapped myself. Give me $1,000,000 or you'll never see me again") I also got a new knife, a game and some other stuff.

Dinner went really well. Nothing got burned, and now my son wants to start cooking more! My daughter made my cake from scratch, but was so unhappy with it that she cried and thought she'd ruined my birthday. That was sad, but I hope I convinced her that it was better than she thought. A couple of people even had seconds!