Mom's birthday

So today we had a surprise birthday party for my mom. I can't believe we actually kept it a surprise! She only got suspicious at the last moment when she came to the restaurant and recognized vehicles. We did pretty good! We went to Texas Roadhouse...mmmmm. THey even let me bring my own cupcakes for dessert! How nice is that?!

Speaking of cupcakes. Let me tell you a story.

Once upon a time there was a wonderful daughter whose mother was turning "*0" and she wanted to bake some delicious cupcakes for her birthday party. I had it all together. My chocolate, the butter, the eggs, everything. I begin baking. The batter is delicious. I plop them into the oven and bake. I rotate half way through so that they become evenly baked. I get distracted watching a *stupid* movie and completely miss the timer. I burnt the cupcakes. It's 2 days before the party and it's like 9:30 at night. What am I going to do?! I am not making anymore cupcakes because, frankly, I am severely ticked off. I should have been paying attention, but it's not completely my fault! My dear husband had surround sound and likes to watch movies with the volume up very loud. And my timer noise is dying. Anyhow. The next day I call up my local Foodland (in Vienna - highly reccomend it) and beg them to make me up some cupcakes to pick up in the morning. They said sure and well, I'm reasonable okay with that. How bad can they be?

This morning I go to pick up the cupcakes before I head to the party palace and guess what I do. I grab the tray of 24 cupcakes, turn to put them in my cart, and spill them all over the floor! They are all over the cart. Icing is everywhere. I felt like such an idiot. All the customers, including Elli, all were like "Oh no!" "Awww..." "Oh my." It was kindof funny. But! The bakery manager (lucky me that she was there) came to my rescue and whipeed me up some more cupcakes right there! It only took like 10 minutes. Get your cupcakes from Foodland from now on! Boycot WalMart!

They better have been good cupcakes. I don't think I even ate one, I was so sick of them.

Here are a couple pictures of the big party. People wearing mom's crazy old lady glasses. It was fun :)

Happy Birthday Mommy!