Dan Had a Birthday, Shout Hooray!

Dan's 48th birthday was June 2, 2010. Since we were away from family, and since I'm a girl, I did what I could to make Dan's birthday fun and special. Here's the breakdown of what took place for his birthday extravaganza!

Friday, May 28th:

Ice cream cake with 4 & 8 candles on it for Dan to blow out. (A turtle ice cream cake with pralines and cream ice cream, nuts, caramel, and a chocolate crust...mmmmmmm...)

Monday, May 31st:
After playing some volleyball for a couple hours Dan decided to soak in the tub for awhile. I took the opportunity to sneak out and decorate his car windows. Early? Yes, but I thought it would be fun to advertise his big day as long as possible. (Sadly it rained the night before his birthday so the windows were cleaned off on the big day.)

Additionally, gifts (purchased weeks earlier) were wrapped in preparation for his big day:

Wednesday, June 2nd:

THE BIG DAY ARRIVED!!! When Dan got up to go to the bathroom that morning I jumped out of bed and quickly gathered his gifts from their hiding spot, put them on the couch, and then hurried and climbed back into bed.

When he saw them he said, "The Birthday Monster's been here!" (We debated whether it would be a fairy, pixie, or monster; monster won.)

Since Dan was scheduled to work at 11:00 am we thought it would be nice to sleep in (his sister called at 7:00 am to wish him happy birthday, oops) and go out for breakfast (work called him in at 8:00-the FDA showed up for a surprise inspection that would last for the next couple days-so he raced to get ready and head into work a few hours early). Thank goodness we know how to be flexible with our schedules and plans.

While Dan was at work I got busy with the other birthday surprises for him.

Our entry was decorated in honor of the day.

Disco balls for the disco king!

Balloons and banners were hung inside for the Birthday Boy!

The gifts remained in place until Dan arrived home at the end of his day. At about 10:00 pm he was FINALLY able to open his gifts:

Dan tried, unsuccessfully, to throw each piece of wrapping paper into the closed garbage can. He thought he had done well and that some were pretty close, they weren't.

Saturday, June 5th:

Yes, there's still more! We spent most of the week enjoying the ice cream cake and left over cake from our Memorial Day picnic. Our last official celebration was dinner at PF Changs on Saturday evening. We enjoyed their lettuce wraps and lunch bowls, YUMMY!

Hope it was a FABULOUS birthday and you felt how important you are to me! I love you, Dan!