This weekend is exciting because we are in Chautauqua for my Papa’s 90th Birthday Celebration! In preparation for the big birthday I have made a few fun things!

1. My third grade class made a book of inventions for Papa. We put one invention on each page from 1919 to 2009. They had a great time with this history/sequencing lesson! They could not believe Papa was around before XBox, and Nintendo DS. I thought it was more impressive that he was born before band-aids, toasters, and cake mix were invented.
2. A timeline book from 1919 to 2009 with important facts and events from each year. We left on a spot on each page to write what Papa was doing each year in history.
3. A Sugar-Free Double-Layer Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Coconut Frosting! Papa is a diabetic and so it was my job to make his favorite cake according to his needs!

We headed up to Chautauqua in the morning (Sat.) and got there in time to send the boys on the Birthday Field Trip – to a Casino! This is not a typical activity for my family so it was a fun outing for the 6 guys. Papa loved telling everyone about his guys trip to gamble on his 90th birthday! (I tried to make them take my camera, but they all objected) :).

While the boys were gone, my mom and I worked out. Following our sweat session, I baby-sat my cousins two ADORABLE kids while she ran errands to get ready for the big dinner!

Soccer Buddies! 🙂

The Birthday Dinner Menu

• HUGE tiger shrimp with spicy cocktail sauce
• Tossed garden salad
• Twice baked potatoes
• Shrimp scampi
• LOBSTER TAILS
• Grilled chicken
• Green bean and mushroom casserole

Here is the delicious proof:

The Birthday Boy!

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