As Mary had agreed to be the one to keep Sam distracted today while John worked on Sam's truck and they all set up for the surprise party, Claire had volunteered to get the food set up while others worked on the decorations and other necessary party preparations. Checking over everything one more time and deciding she was satisfied with it, by the standards she'd set that were based on being 'good enough to be close to Mary's usual awesomeness', she went upstairs to check on the status of their guest of honor.
Leaning out the front door, she called to Ben. "Anything yet, lookout man?" she asked.