Happy Birthday to Mother!

The month of May has always been quite the busy month in our family. My niece Katy’s birthday is on the 14^th, my birthday is on the 15^th, Mother’s birthday is on the 18^th, and somewhere in there is Mother’s Day.

For her birthday this year, I got several of us together for a visit to Mother’s room at the Pioneer Home. My sister Noel brought her little corgi named Willow, my niece Tara brought her ginormous great pyrenees named Maurice, and my other niece Katy brought her two children Henry (age 3) and Eloise (almost 1). Mother really had a good time and had big smiles on the whole time we were there; but she had just taken quite a bad fall a few days prior, so she really did not feel well at all.

For Mother’s Day, the home held a Mother’s Day Tea which my sister and I got to attend together. They handed out big floppy hats and beautiful roses to each of the residents, so Mother chose a sparkly turquoise hat and a cream-colored rose. The treats they served along with the tea were all quite scrumptious and just small enough that Mother had a bite or two of three different ones, but did not really like the tea. She’s more of a coffee kind of person!

The Festive Dinner this month was a very well attended event – more so than the ones we’d been to earlier. Both my partner and I were able to talk Mother in to going with us, but she was very tired and would probably rather have stayed in bed that night. Regardless, she enjoyed the Halibut and Asparagus, but did not tough the potatoes and only ate half of her salad.