Happy Birthday
by HML
Last Sunday was the Things’ great-grandmother’s 90th birthday, a milestone worth celebrating with the best food, drink, and company. Thing Two and Your Humble Narrator spent Saturday shopping for ingredients for our contribution: Dungeness crab cakes topped with roasted pepper-chive aioli.
Sunday morning was snowy, but the snow soon changed to rain and we were on our way.
This magnificent smorgasbord awaited us at the end of our stormy drive. Bestemor got a little carried away with the party spirit and made 90 each of her open-face sandwiches and quiche muffins, so multiple plate refills were encouraged.
Uncle B brought his fiancee, Hillary, to meet the family. The wedding date is at the end of May, and they will be getting married in Seattle.
Including the guest of honor, four nonagenarians attended the party! Here are three (L-R): the Things’ great-grandmother, her sister, and her best friend. They’ve been friends for 86 years.
At the other end of the age spectrum, Uncle B busts a move, and here are the Things, dressed in their best clothes for the occasion. This wasn’t a children’s party (the Things were the only kids there) but they were very well behaved. Thing Two discovered the cherry tomatoes and fancy toothpicks, which kept him occupied until it was time for cake.
Thing Two can’t be seen in this photo but he helped Great-Grandma blow out her candles.
Time for photo ops: first, the children …
… and then almost all the grandchildren (Uncle Q wasn’t able to come) and two of her six great-grandchildren.
We all had so much fun that the pressure is now on Bopa to reach the same milestone, and a 100th birthday celebration has a nice ring to it, too …
One last look at the smorgasbord, because it was that tasty.
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