I just realized I had forgotten to post this earlier.
He made his own cake and "frosted" it with jam, then he placed the circus with the candles on top and he couldn't wait to light them. He enjoyed his gifts, two new scarf sarongs with a lapel pin, a batman compendium, a Wonder Woman figurine and we watched Star Wars, Return of the Jedi. Oh, and Liam made pizza with Arthur's assistance. Not a bad 23rd birthday, he even received a metal model tie fighter to assemble.