Grandma's 80th Birthday

My mom's mother celebrated her 80th birthday the other day.  Well, actually since her birthday is February 29th, this year really is only her 20th true birthday.  That is a technicality.



 We celebrated at my parents' house, with good food and awesome cake.

 

Have you ever seen 80 candles on a cake before?  I have.  I put them there.

 

The great grand-kids helped blow them out, and thank goodness they weren't trick candles.  Do you remember trick candles?  So fun back in the 90s.  I wonder if they still sell them.

 

My niece and nephew played in the backyard while Lucy napped.



It's a fantastic backyard for kids, complete with a trampoline, pool, and swing set.  

 

I don't know where he picked it up, but Jack kept calling Papa a maniac.  "Swing me higher, you maniac!"

 

Lizzie informed me that she had a "baby baby" at home just like Lucy.  James (of whom I somehow didn't get a picture) asked me, "So how are you liking your baby?"  A rather sweet conversation-starter, I thought.



We made sure to take a generational picture, with 4 generations represented.  The above would have been an excellent photo, had Lucy not surreptitiously been pulling on a tiny handful of poor Grandma's hair.   



Isn't my brother a cutie pie?  I had a man tell me the other day that people's constant commenting on their facial hair is as annoying as strangers commenting on the size of a pregnant mama's belly.  It was sort of an eye-opening statement for me.  I had never considered it.   



Lucy is beginning to think about pulling up on things.



 My aunt is visiting from Iowa.  We like it when she visits because she is lots of fun and cooks bacon like it was going out of style.  The Edstroms are in love with bacon.  And butter.  And cream. 



This was part of a bouquet on the table. Kind of random, I know.  But I thought it was pretty.  It's as close to a macro shot as I'll probably ever get. 

And on that strange note, happy birthday to Grandma D!