Grandma Joyce's Birthday Week

Grandma Joyce had a couple of days this week jam packed with birthday celebrations!

The people at Elder Homestead started out her actual birthday with three balloons tied to her dining room chair (mom then hung them outside her door) and everybody singing Happy Birthday to her. This was in addition to it being a Waffle Wednesday, which I'm told is already a good day by itself.

I went to Curves in the afternoon, and while I was there, another Curves member popped in and dropped off a huge Cheesecake birthday cake as a present to Bobbi, owner of Curves. It was Bobbi's birthday! Bobbi didn't know what to do with the cake, she no longer eats sugar, and she said she wasn't allowed to serve the cake at the club. I told her it was mom's birthday that day, also. And then ... a decision was made to donate the cake to mom and Elder Homestead ... a thrill for mom, of course, but then there also ended up being enough cake to go around for everybody, even the folks in memory care.

I believe things happen for a reason.

Mark brought over cupcakes and ice cream when he went to visit after supper.

The next day was our planned Birthday Dinner. No Name Steaks, potato salad, potato chips, oven fried onion rings ... all favorite foods of mom's ... and then some fresh fruit added in for nutrition. We had some sparkling cranberry Secco, too, which was so delicious that I think we'll just have to have more of it again on New Years Eve!

Grandma Joyce then said that she had won twice at Bingo that afternoon, and that Katie had called her. I think that probably made her day even more than cake or presents.

I know, this family can go a little overboard with birthday celebrations, but it's fun. And I think Mom deserved a good birthday this year.