Happy Birthday, Mousey!

Today is my mom’s birthday, but last night we celebrated with a little family dinner at our house.  Nina and Lyla helped decorate the cake for Mousey, so they got to help blow out the candles also.  The girls also had a lot of fun playing on Uncle Bo’s iPhone.  It’s amazing how quickly kids pick up technology!  We really enjoyed our time celebrating Mousey’s birthday, but it was really just a precursor to the surprise gathering my dad had planned for her today.

    

My dad had made secret arrangements with my mom’s friends from work to meet at Barrel Oak Winery after school.  Mouse thought my dad was just taking her there for something to do after work on her birthday, but when she got there we were waiting for her.  Pops did a great job planning the food, inviting the guests, and managing to keep everything a secret.  We had a great evening at the winery.

One of my favorite guests at the party this evening was Andrews, this five month old pup that is in training to be a service dog.  One of my mom’s friends is training him, so she brought Andrews to the party this afternoon.  The winery is extremely dog friendly.  Their initials are B.O.W., so they have a ton of dog related themes to the winery, and dogs are always seen in the tasting room.

We were so glad that my mom was genuinely surprised, and we all enjoyed the chance to celebrate her birthday in a beautiful setting and with friends, fun, and good food and wine.