Charlie has been staring at the same page in this birthday party supply catalog for two days. It has a child in a knight costume presiding over an elaborately set table. He has always wanted a football or basketball party but now says he wants a knight party. I hoped he was excited by the decor and table settings, taking after his mother. When I asked him why he liked this party theme so much, he said “Because this kind of party comes with slushies to drink.” In the plastic bejeweled child-size goblets were slushies.