After considerable deliberation on what would we could do to make his day special, we finally decided that what Daddy needed most was a day where he could sit back and relax. He is always busy doing something for someone so we wanted the day to center around him, but in such a way that he felt no pressure to do anything.
So we made a program for him on the computer and printed it off. He was to begin the morning by going out for breakfast with Lynnae (who had celebrated her birthday a few days earlier). Then he was to spend some time with the younger ones just playing.
He had a serious wrestling match with Austin. It was a tough bout but with determination and skill Austin finally wriggled out of Daddy's hold and pinned him to the floor.
Ania and Annalise even did a little acrobatics in honor of the day.
Later that afternoon we made Daddy take a nap and during that time we decorated the downstairs. We did put little reminders of his age all over the ceiling, but we did it in celebratory colors. We did not want to decorate with the gloomy blacks and purples that usually go with 50th birthdays, reminding you that you are already over the hill and starting down the other side. Everyone worked together to put the decorations up and they turned out very nicely.
During the afternoon, we watched a couple episodes of Dicken's Martin Chuzzlewit with Daddy. Overall, it was a very relaxing, layed back day.
The day ended with Daddy's favorite dinner of salmon and twice baked potatoes with a strawberry shortcake for dessert.
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