Today we celebrated Mama's birthday (she's 29 again!) at Nana's house. Our family is still pretty sick and possibly contagious, so we warned Uncle Seth, Grandpa N., and Millie, and they sent birthday wishes over the phone instead of coming over. Grandma & Grandpa L. decided to risk it and came over anyway.
We got to Nana's a little early, and Mama and Emily drifted off to sleep on the couch. They were up late last night going to the emergency room for Emily's double ear infections, so they needed to catch up on a little sleep.
Kate took advantage of her status as the only awake grandchild to command everyone's attention.
Finally Emily and the Birthday Girl woke up and joined the party. It's hard to celebrate when you're feeling sick, but they tried to rally.
We all sat down to some coffee and Nana's delicious Chocolate Torte birthday cake. Chris and her brothers always request this cake on their birthday, and it is very very tasty.
Everyone loved the cake!
After cake, the girls did a little more playing while the grownups did some chatting.
Then it was time for Mama to open her cards and presents. Emily wanted to help, of course.
Mama received a very nice hydrometer for measuring the sugar content in her maple syrup--no more guessing! What a great idea.
Then she was really surprised when she opened her card from Mom and found two tickets to the Red Sox vs. Yankees at Fenway in April!
She could not wait to get on the phone with Melinda and start trash-talking (Melinda is a big Yankees fan).
Happy Birthday Mama!
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