Weekend Review

On Friday we took Seyla to see Santa. She's terrified of the big guy but I managed to talk her into taking a picture with him. It's way too late to send her letter so she had to hand deliver it. At first she handed him the letter and ran away but somehow this Santa managed to get her back and put her on his lap quickly enough to take a picture. Yay! Mission accomplished

The next day was a BIG day for us. We've been planning Mom's 65th birthday for the last couple of weeks. In the end, it turned out to be the most perfect day. For lunch we went to Star Walk buffet. She thought it would be just the 6 of us but when she came into the room there were 42 family members waiting for her. Surflies! And out came the happy tears! After lunch we went to the Barrientos household and had yet another surprise waiting. Norm had worked so hard to make a cake for mom but not just any cake...mom's coffee cake! Mom was so touched by this. More happy tears. She has always made cakes for everyone but no one has ever made her a cake, let alone her coffee cake! After coffee, cake and presents she headed home just in time to get ready for church but no time to rest just yet. The last surprise was 2 tickets to see the Rockettes Christmas Spectacular at the Hummingbird. She loved it and Dad had a comment or two about the beautiful kicking legs. We ended the night off at Congee Queen where we had a late dinner with just the 4 of us. How perfect was that?!

Yesterday we went to Sherway with our Wednesday crew - Ev and Di. We went shopping and Norm went to the bar to watch the football game and had a few drinks. Later we headed out to the burbs where Bruce and Harita were hosting a Christmas/Housewarming party. It was nice to end the weekend off with good food and great friends. Cheers everyone!