Surprise! Happy Birthday Great Grandmother

We were going to Pop and Great Grandmother's for supper on Friday and we had a surprise for Chloe,(6). She knew that Alaina,(4) and Aiden,(14 months) were coming for the weekend but she didn't know that Lexie,(3) would be here as well.

They all play so well together and they all look up to Chloe as their big cousin.

But when Friday came Chloe was picked up from school by her other grandmother and we didn't have Chloe with us when we went to Pops.

Alaina and Lexie came running out to see Chloe and they couldn't believe that she wasn't with us. They let me know that they were disappointed. I tried to explain, but they still weren't happy. I said I would call her mother and see if I picked her up at home could see come over. I called Marcie and left a message for her to return my call.

Meanwhile we went ahead and had The Birthday Supper for Great Grandmother, since she had been looking forward to it all day.

During our supper Chloe's mom called and said that I could pick up Chloe so she could be with the kids for the weekend and be at Great-Grandmother's Party.

On the way back from getting Chloe her dad called and wanted to speak with her. She kept saying who is this. It has been several weeks since she had seen him and she didn't recognize his voice. He told her he was coming to Pops and he would see her there.

She was so excited to see her daddy, and her cousins and to be at the "Birthday Party."

Since everyone was there that was coming we decided that it was time to serve the cake. Great Grandmother has requested a Coconut Cake and Debby had made sure that it was just like she requested. We didn't have a two to go with the eight for the cake so I cut one out of cardboard and colored it and we used it on her cake.

We lit the candles and sang Happy Birthday for her 82nd.

Her daughters were all here for her birthday, and her oldest son had had to leave the day before her birthday but he had called while we were singing.

The we got a picture of the great grand daughters and one grand son, and one grand daughter  in a picture.

Chloe was sneaking another piece of cake and more ice cream.

The girls asked if they could be excused from the table so that they could play. As you can see it didn't take long for them to dress as little princesses.

They play hide-an-seek, watched Frozen on Alaina's I-Pad and sang to the music. And then wanted to go outside for some time on the trampoline.

And jumped some more...,

It has been a fun day together and this is only Friday. They are looking forward to tomorrow to see what they can find to do on Saturday. Isn't it just great to have cousins come for a visit.