We got home from our weekend in NY late on Monday the 25th and woke to celebrate Nan’s first SC birthday.
We are so glad she is here and she is looking forward to getting settled into her new apartment in the upcoming week.
Nan
Aunt Het and Katriel
Katriel, Nan, and I went to the Aunt Het Festival for an hour or two this morning. We skipped most of the rides, but she did do the Dinosaur bounce house.
Outings… Picnic at Ba and Poppy’s
After church we headed to Ba and Poppy’s for a wonderful picnic on the back porch. Alana and John, and Bruce were able to join us.
Noshing with the ladies
Kelly had some gift cards for The Cheesecake Factory and she invited Nan, Barb, and I for lunch on Mother’s Day.
BUT – there was a two hour wait. Oops.
So we went to Benucci’s.
It was a great choice.
We all split an Italian “Nachos” plate.
And it was so good – I ate so much I barely touched my Mediterranean salad.
It was dinner for a queen. ♥
Just a little change…
We painted Nan’s kitchen.
Just a subtle change.
A little warmer on top and a little softer on the bottom and – voila! – she has a new feel to her kitchen. ♥
A kitchen for Nan
Sometimes I have great ideas.
Sometimes I have okay ideas and make a giant mess before I fix it.
This is definitely the second one.
Stewart headed to Nan’s one morning and removed all Nan’s kitchen cupboard doors so that I could paint them white.
What should have taken 18-21 days took 153,244 days instead. Nothing went smoothly. But we finally finished and I will never stain in the wintertime again.
This is what the cupboards looked like at Christmas.
And this was afterward.
Pretty nice!
Nan’s birthday
The day BEFORE Nan’s birthday, Stewart was in the area to visit the church he likes to attend in Newark. He brought Noelle and her roommate, Becca, and we quickly called Nan and it was a party. Minus cake. But that’s ok.
Then on her birthday, she came for lunch. Hanny made pretty cupcakes.
We had steaks for dinner.
And some carrot cakes I did not make from scratch.
Christmas Adam….
The kids slept over at Nan’s house for Christmas Adam again this year.
They ate fun foods, played fun games, and watched fun movies.
They took two photos at the end – one of the group that stayed home from the movies and the ones who went to the movies.
They went to see Star Wars IX: The Rise of Skywalker.
Camp Nan
While Mama, Marie, and Tab were at Flower City Work Camp, and Dad and the boys were going about their work/school routines, Johanna and Katriel spent lots of time at “Camp Nan” where Nan and Nene spoiled hosted them.
They even decorated eggs….
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