Strings of cloth bunting cross the top of this card, a toy drum and a pinwheel sit on a navy table at the bottom, and gold stars are scattered between them. It is the look of a small-town fair, in primary colors, and the title shouts along with it.
It works for a boy or a girl, for twins, and for the kind of family that invites the whole street. Written large and sent as a picture, it is read in a second; printed, it is the card that ends up on the corkboard by the phone.
Throw the party outside: picnic blankets, a bunting line between two trees, hot dogs and popcorn in paper cones, a pinwheel stuck into every cupcake. Pick up a toy drum for the birthday boy and warn the neighbors. It works for a boy or a girl, and for twins.
