Grandma's Birthday

I started out organizing to surprise my mom and have cake at our house, along with a few friends and neighbors, to celebrate my mom's 79th birthday.  This is her first birthday in her new home in Massachusetts after all! I wanted to give her a fun evening with friends.

To make a long story short, that all got squelched by Vince getting strep throat and me getting roped into working a full day on Sunday and Monday(which I normally don't).  Skipping the Sunday party at our house, I thought at least we'd have time for dinner on Monday with the family, but I ended up bogged down at work, too late for the kids to go out for dinner....

So, the next best arrangement happened: My mom and I got to go out to celebrate her birthday, and I invited along my coworker/friend Peggi.  The three of us had a great time, and I did not miss having to climb under the table for missing Lego's, nor did I miss little grubby hands sifting through my french fries or knocking over my wine!  It was great!

Mike held the fort down at home with all three kids, who were distraught over the fact that they may not be able to sing to Grandma, and God forbid, not eat her cake.  We made sure to get home before they went totally bananas.  We got home and they jumped on her, getting through the happy birthday song so we could dig in to her cake.  Well, Luca was ready to skip the song and get right to the cake.

Happy Birthday Mom!