What a happy day and birthday
At our house, Memorial Day is always also Erica's Birthday.
And vice versa.
Yesterday was no exception, even though her actual birthday is today.
Out-of-town family began arriving late Sunday night. Monday was bright and hot, and more family came. The grandkids enjoyed the pool until they were exhausted.
We feasted on pulled pork barbecue sandwiches along with several cool, refreshing salads for sides.
Then it was time for that birthday cake -- the one with Erica's name on it. She was surrounded by gifts and balloons.
And the dessert was exceptionally delicious. All agreed it was the best birthday cake we'd had in a long time. (We are partial to store-bought birthday cake slathered in buttercream and decorated in lurid colors.)
Later, some of our company left and different company arrived. We ate again and tucked into a second, smaller cake. Chocolate this time.
Sorry; no pictures of that. We were busy eating the tiny cake and then -- boom, every moist crumb and succulent blob of frosting was gone. There was also Cuban coffee made in the French press. And lots of laughter and talking.
Before second cake, Dagny had left for a week in North Carolina with her tarheel cousins, and one of the cousins had stayed behind with us.
Andrew is spending the week. We have many plans including swimming, subjecting treating Rizzo to a bath, visiting a fire station, shopping, eating dinner at Chick-fil-A, and organizing a photo shoot at the park.
He stayed up until ten o'clock last night! At Mamaw's house you don't have to eat anything you don't want, and you get to stay up until you're ready to go to bed.
Those are the rules, along with Don't Put Your Feet On The Furniture and Don't Wake Mamaw Up Too Early.
Yesterday we remembered the sacrifice of our fallen American heroes, and we celebrated the life of our All-American baby girl.
It was a happy day. We hope yours was too.
And that is all for now.
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Happy Tuesday
Reader Comments (4)
Happy Birthday Wishes to your beautiful girl!!!!
Oh mercy, what a cake!!!!!!!!!!! :-)
You have the perfect Rules, for 'grands.' They get special treats. And they also respect the Rules of the House. Win, win situation.
Luna Crone
Happy Birthday to Erica! I wish her the very best in the year to come.
I know you'll have a wonderful week with Andrew - and so will he!
How did I miss all this celebrating? It looks like Erica hit the jackpot with that cake! It is beautiful! I also like the U.S. balloon - delightful! And that little guy who spent the week.....he is a real cutie! I know that he loved being with his Mamaw and swimming in the pool! Good times!
As I peered around outside the photo shoot, I thought, how did you and I become so identical in decorating? Could we be sisters from another mother? (White wainscoting, blue/gray walls, black and white somewhere in the room) Hmmmm!
@Cheryl ... I'm not in your league decorating wise but I try! I do love black and white and I work it into nearly every room. Do you like teal? That's the best color. xoxo