Surprise Party for Mom!

Today we had an unusual birthday party in the Amedick home. Mom's birthday is on September 25th, a month after both Jordan & I leave for college. In the past couple of weeks, I had been thinking a lot about what I could do to make her birthday special from a distance. Then, only three days ago, it came to me: a month-and-a-half early surprise birthday party!

So, this morning while Mom was at a meeting from 9 to 12, the four of us kids blew up balloons, wrapped presents (we got our shopping done yesterday), baked a cake, and generally had a good time preparing a party for Mom. I worked on this banner to greet her when she walked in the door:

Needless to say, she was quite surprised. Honestly, I think that's the only way I could ever actually pull off a surprise party- with very, very short notice. It was much easier to keep the secret for two days as opposed to knowing for months and months and not being able to say anything!

Anyway, it was quite a fun afternoon and I'm super glad that Jordan & I got the chance to celebrate her birthday- even if it was a month and a half early.