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What started as a sweet gesture on a 32nd birthday has grown into a beloved family tradition for one Midwest family. At the age of 8, Kim Carey made her dad, Ray Ronchetti, a crown(王冠)for his 32nd birthday with the help of her little sister Gina Chandler. Since then, the sisters have_________it and it has been a tradition. Every year, they have such a birthday_________for their dad at home.

“We_________it’s silly, but our dad and our children, who have never seen their_________eat his birthday dinner without a crown, would be_________if we stopped,” says Carey. “It makes Dad so happy. He_________the surprise of seeing it every year.”

Despite their growing families, the sisters still_________the birthday crown themselves, planning about one month _________every year. Each crown over the course of the past few decades has had a different_________.

“One year, we____________to make words with chocolate on the crown,” Carey recalls, “so it kept falling because it was so____________.Every year, we’d like to think up a theme for his birthday crown.”

When a serious disease kept the____________apart, Carey couldn’t go into her dad’s house. She had to leave the crown on her dad’s____________and had a celebration by the Internet. “But with family get-togethers back and my dad____________and in good health, I think we’ll be doing this____________,” said Carey.