Today was Poppo's 90th birthday. It was absolutely a great day. I went for a run this morning, and managed to keep the sideaches mostly at bay. I made muffins and scrambled eggs for breakfast, and my girls ate it up while singing together. It was awesome. We got ready and headed up to Ames, where we had lunch at my sister's house and Audrey had a brief nap. The girls were dressed in beautiful dresses, as were Jenny's girls, and we were in such great spirits.
The party was great. There was some angst amongst my mom and her sister trying to get things planned, but everything went great and I don't know when I've seen Mommo and Poppo happier. There were more than 100 people who came, maybe 150. The venue was the annex at the church, which is a funny building across the parking lot, a stage across the end of a big open room. That was all the girls needed to entertain themselves for at least half of the party. Sarah orchestrated the most hilarious play, where she was Cinderella and Emily was the prince. They danced, and then Sarah ran offstage, leaving Emily standing there looking after her, waiting for the next instruction. Then, a shoe is launched from offstage, since Cinderella forgets her glass slipper, but this was a white sandal, chucked from a distance, landing with a heavy thunk. Funniest thing I've seen on stage in a long, long time! Emily went to bed happily talking about how she was a prince who married Cinderella. :)
The girls slept all the way home, and after a lousy, simple supper, they played outside until collapsing happily in their beds. It was a really, really great day. Tomorrow is Mother's Day, but it'll be hard to top today.
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