Mom and Dad celebrated their birthday's together this year since they're only a week apart. And let me just say, Mom...the forties are the new twenties and Dad...the fifties are the new thirties. Andy made them dinner. I made...I mean, Martin's made the cake. And Spencer brought the comedy.
Spencer always likes to be tricky with his gift giving. He bought Dad a random coffee mug from
Walgreens and put a $50.00 gift certificate to Granite City inside the mug. Dad held the coffee mug in his hands and looked at it like it was the best thing ever. He was like 'Wow Spence...cool, a new mug!' [You could wrap up a bag of dirt and my Dad would think it was great...he's the easiest person in the world to buy for. Which makes him wonderful]. Spencer was like 'Ya dad...check out the inside...it's thermal and really cool!' - After a few moments of twisting the cap and having no success...Dad sets it aside, says 'I'll look at it later' and moves on to opening my card : ) Backfire! Spence grabs the mug, opens it up for Dad and reveals the real gift. We all laugh...mostly at Spencer's failed funny.
Here is a picture of the cake that Spencer plopped a large votive
candle in the middle of
because we couldn't find a birthday candle. I was mad because the votive ruined the beautiful cake. Another 'Spencer Moment', not to be confused with a 'Senior Moment'
although they're one in the same...was when he picked up the votive
candle to lick the frosting off the bottom and poured hot wax all over his hands and the table. Laughs for days.
Andy and I got Mom tickets to see the midnight showing of the play Dracula at the South Bend Civic Theater. We bought them four tickets so they could invite Grandma and Grandpa to join them in a date night to the Theater. They had a great time. Which they all deserved! It was a great night. Another year has passed and they went from a Mom and Dad to a Grandma and Grandpa. We're having fun making memories.
