It's not every day someone in your family has a birthday, and it's even more special when that birthday is a new decade. Today we celebrated Dad's 70th birthday, and the kids and I made a trip to South Caroline to crash the party! Mom knew we were coming, but we didn't tell Dad. Just showed up on the doorstep and ruined his plans for peace and quiet for the rest of the day. I don't think he really minded!
We went to dinner at a local restaurant called The Mustard Seed and enjoyed a lovely meal with friends Barb and Ron. Then we all headed back to the house for dessert.
My sister Paige had told me she was planning on having a cake delivered (sure wish she and my brother could have been there!) and she asked me to get 70 candles to put on the cake. Mom was going to put "7" and "0" candles on the cake, but we felt like this birthday called for the real thing. So I got a BIG box of candles, gave the kids some handsful, and we covered the top of that cake!
The cake was a marvelous layered coconut-cream cheese cake...just heavenly. It was huge, though, and I think the eight of us present only ate a little over a quarter of it. It was at least 12 layers high and oh, so rich! The entire cake weighed well over 10 pounds, I'm sure!
Anyway, Dad, aka, Grandpa, had to huff and puff to blow out this challenging number of candles. But his first blow took out all but three of them. Not a bad start. He managed to get the last three with a couple more blows.
The kids made handmade gifts, and after dinner Grandpa got a phone call from my brother's son Hayden. I think Grandpa felt very loved tonight.
Katie Mei is never one to let a party get by her! I should probably be embarassed to even show this photo, but she thought the wine glass was hers and she made a big show of it. This kid's going to be our problem child when she's older, I think.
We all enjoyed a glass of wine (except for the kids, I promise!) and a delicious piece of cake (yes, the kids did eat cake...and plenty of it!). It was the most wonderful evening, and I'm so glad we were able to be with Dad on his big day.
Katie Mei is never one to let a party get by her! I should probably be embarassed to even show this photo, but she thought the wine glass was hers and she made a big show of it. This kid's going to be our problem child when she's older, I think.
We all enjoyed a glass of wine (except for the kids, I promise!) and a delicious piece of cake (yes, the kids did eat cake...and plenty of it!). It was the most wonderful evening, and I'm so glad we were able to be with Dad on his big day.
Happy Birthday, Dad! We hope is was a special day for you, and that you found it memorable. Even if we did tucker you out and you went to bed shortly after the kids!
Love,
Pet
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