Trouble was brewing last night at the McAuliffe household. Only, Jessica was the only one that knew it. John spent the day in complete oblivion, thinking that all birthday celebrations had been had the night before! Little did he know. Jessica was deep into celebration plans, but hush,hush was the biggest plan! Planning a surprise party was a difficult task at best. John was always around. But with the enlisted help of Kim and Greg, everything came together nicely. Kim made the phone calls on Saturday night, leaving messages with some.
Sunday morning rolled around, with inspiration hitting Jessica! What a wonderful idea. Invite people over for dinner and John won't suspect anything is going on later. It worked.
The rest of the family showed up at 6:45 p.m. I had previously sent John downstairs to supervise the kids. Jaime had come for dinner. Our kids were all entertaining each other in the playroom, but I needed an excuse to get John downstairs. The family showed up, driving up without lights, and shutting car doors quietly! When it comes to a surprise, everybody played it up so well! We all trooped downstairs, singing happy birthday! John seemed to have lost his ability to talk.
It seems that this was not all to be. John donned a happy birthday hat while Greg, Jessica, Kay, and Cori worked on serving up cheesecake and sherbet. Yum. We proceeded with the daunting, but not impossible, task of putting 39 candles on one piece of cheesecake for John. He got his cheesecake, complete with a ball of fire and a wax coating! Lighting 39 candles on a piece of cheesecake is no easy venture! Fortunately Greg and Kay were willing to be the pyros for the night. They took care of the candle lighting. Jessica carried the burning ball of fire downstairs without setting off the smoke alarms. Somebody must have taken the batteries out :) Time to blow out the candles! This reminds me of a story that goes like this. "He huffed, and he puffed . . ." Yet, John only need to huff and puff once. The candles were out. Hopefully he made a wish!
What would a party be without gift opening? So John got to open his gift (compliments of Jaime)! No amount of shaking or guessing could have prepared John for what he found inside. Depends, preparation H, potatoes, obituaries, etc., etc.
The night was full of laughter, good conversation, and friendship. A big thank you to all who helped the party go off without a hitch! Kim made phone calls, Greg and Kay made the cheesecake, and everybody else showed up as planned.
Next year?!?! John should be scared!
2 comments:
That is awesome! Great job on surprising your husband. I am going to have to consider something like that next year for Lee's birthday!
I think the best part about the surprise was that John really had no idea how much I had planned! It was so great.
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