after the party

okay--maybe some of you would like to know what the perfect gift was----

after searching high and low---frank and i stumbled across an old adding machine---one that probably was used as a cash register in a store at one time--

i think my son colin liked it and he really liked the old oil can we got him too----

he got a really good laugh at an old restaurant ad----i had not opened it up since it was in what i thought was a sealed plastic container---when colin took it out, he opens it and says----"who the heck is that"---

seems it was just a service the restaurant had of getting ones picture taken while they were there eating---kinda funny couple----oh well, the front was neat-------

kelli liked her stuff also----she is into owls, so one of her presents were owl earrings--i was so glad, she didn't already have them---last year i gave her an owl------now this is where robyn wasn't right-----when i saw it, i told robyn i thought it looked familiar, but robyn insisted, kelli did not have this particular owl in her collection----well she did----she also liked her owl socks and even found an owl gift bag--

i cannot tell you the joy it brings me to look for gifts for people---the other day, when i wrote about my lack of things i was passionate about--i had forgotten that----one dear blogger friend, commented about one of her passions, being shopping, and i replied---oh yeah shopping!!

i love the thought process, the planning the looking for and the presentation of it all--sometimes i even go with a theme---i am not a gift card kind of giver---

back to the birthday party, memorial day celebration----i would like to share my menu with all of you----i am a menu nut---i am kinda abnormal about it---remind me to tell you a dream concerning menus, one day----any who--frank grilled hamburgers and hot dogs of course---we had chips and popcorn--note to self here---never again serve popcorn with grand-kids------i made a kinda like spaghetti pasta salad----baked beans, potato salad--mixed vegetables---cake and rainbow sherbert-----and yes those demon eggs-----that was a story in itself---but i will pass on sharing it---too dramatic-----

i wanted to have a humus tray and a pineapple with dip tray, since they are two of the birthday kids favorites--but ran out of time and money---also i don't want to set the bar too high, for the other birthday celebrations--especially since robyn's, frank's, and mine are usually just pizza-----

but it's just the getting together and watching everyone laugh and fight just a little and watching the grand-kids dance like everyone is watching that really is the important thing, and the joy i get and hopefully others do from the other trimmings, is just icing on the birthday cake--