My mom turns the big five-oh on Sunday, May 10th, but in order to give her her own special day (May 10th is also Mothers day this year) we decided to throw her a surprise party the week before. Generally speaking, I would say my mom has a good sense of humor, which was greatly required in order for her to get through the party and on this day it was no exception.
My step dad brought her to the "oh so secret" location, the community center in Woodland, where my sister and I had decorated. One half of the room was sunny and colorful with glitter and balloons, the other side was dark and dreary. I blacked out the windows and hung black streamers from the ceiling over where we intended for my mom to sit. We brought in a wheel chair and put fluffy black cloth around the bottom of the chair just to enhance the darkened effect. There was also a antelope skull (fake in this instance, altho I am sure we could have came up with some real ones) and some large black widow spiders placed along the window seals and the wall. Classic "over the hill" signs were on the wall and 50 years! banners were also hung from the ceiling.
He then brought in an IV and a saline sack, attached to a fake medical chart with all her "old age" symptoms. A family friend dressed up as "father time" and brought over a "goody sack" for her filled with an array of things such as polygrip, gas X, centrum, and much much more.
Lets see what else..
-Exaggeratedly large, thick framed glasses
-A fire extinguisher next to the cake
-Hearing aides
-A GPS button that will allow people to be able to find you when you are lost
-AARP magazines
-Dentures and associated glass for soaking
A little exorbant for my tastes, but she seemed to get a kick out of it.
Apparently he didnt do anything for her 4oth birthday and she let him know that she was a little disappointed by that so this year, he spared no expense.
Think maybe she learned her lesson?
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