Happy 88th Birthday to Pop-pop!!!!!

You got it! My grandfather (and his twin sister, Aunt Aggie) turned 88 today! I'm pretty sure he enjoyed his day...actually I should say birthday weekend! Two aunts and and an uncle drove down from New York to help him celebrate. My cousin and her two kids drove up from South Carolina as well. It was a fun and exhausting weekend!!!! In this picture we made two cakes and ate dinner at mom's Saturday night since many were leaving Sunday after Bob Evans. The weather wasn't all that wonderful, but we managed to sneak in a trip to a Corn Maze in Cary, but actually really close to mom's. We visited Green Acres and had soooo much fun!!! We stayed longer than I expected, but that was a good thing. If you live in the area, then you should check it out http://www.greenacrescary.com/ One thing I liked about it was that all four kids were free. :)

Aunt Ellen, Uncle Mickey, Jessica, Cailean, the four kids and myself attempted the maze! We totally did not know that it would take at least 1 hour! LOL LOL We were given a very tall pole with a flag at the end that we had to take through the maze. Mom knew where we were because the flag kept falling (it was pretty heavy for Kaia and Gavin to hold...hehe). We were given a sheet of paper and 10 squares on it. We had to find the 10 stations in the maze and oh yes...we only cheated ONCE! We sent Ian through the corn to get #6 I think it was. LOL It was definitely fun and we made it to the end! Hooray! It was a littly drizzily, but not too bad. We were determined to all go on the hayride as well. Rain or not, we would be there.

The kids got to go in a jumping house, run through a little maze, milk a cow, sit on a tractor, go into a firetruck, go on a hayride, get their faces painted, and just have a blast!

Yup, as you can see we hit one of our many deadends in the maze!!!

Lucas kept hitting his Grandpa (my uncle) in the head, but he thought it was Lucas' hand. Nope...somehow Luke got a hold of an ear of corn!!!!!

Ian taking care of the farm

Sunday morning was very eventful. We did Sunday School and since I was with the 1st graders we left early to go outside and listen to the NCSU Pipe and Drum Band play. It was pretty cool and I soooo wish dad was here to show the bass drummer how to play! Dad could have put on quite a show. I had all 14 first graders lined up. At the end of a song, my group yelled, "Go State!" It was cool. I told them to say it louder. hee hee So, after the next song, they yelled it louder and then the kids were making the wolf noise. Where was my camera???? Oh, the reason for the band was...it was Kirkin' O' the Tartan or something like that. So, all Scottish stuff, bagpipes, etc. It happens once a year at the Kirk.

I had given Leslie at Bob Evans a call in the morning to give her the heads up that we would have 12 people there at around 12:15ish. Well, what a show they put on for Pop-pop (we had NO idea they were doing this). I'm totally slacking because I did NOT have my camera!!!!!!!!!!!!! We were set up in the back corner. They had put 2 tablecloths on our tables. They tied our silverware and napkin with some silver stuff. They had a bunch of balloons at Pop-pop's chair. They made him a hat that said it was his 88th birthday (he wore it the whole time, too). Most of the staff, chefs, etc came over at some point (at least once, if not twice or even three times) to say Happy Birthday and meet the clan. After we all had brunch, they brought out an apple pie and chocolate cake. One waitress sings and sang Happy Birthday to him. After she finished then we all sang (with about 3/4 of the staff, manager, asst manager, chefs, etc) Happy Birthday to Pop-pop. They had a small gift for him, a card signed by the entire staff and oh my gosh...my cousin felt like a celebrity! LOL It was her first experience at Bob Evans with our grandparents.