Happy Birthday!

Today is the 39th birthday for my son! I have been excited for this... probably because this shut-in business has given me less opportunity to have little fiestas! He is a little under the weather, but I know he will feel like having fun with the ideas I have planned. 

I bought him several gifts that I can tell you about later, but I want to share one of his surprises here. I created a journal from a Little Golden book that was his absolute childhood favorite. I read it to him each and every night until he knew it by heart! I bought a gently used duplicate copy on Ebay to make this, but in the meantime I think his original was a part of that ridiculous burglary. (so... whatever...) I then took the book apart and created 3 signatures from its pages and from Superhero scrapbook paper and from all kinds of memorabilia from Mom and Dad's file cabinet. It has WW2 things and keepsakes from them. receipts for his first car, and autographs, cancelled stamps, You name it. Than I have added tons of photos from them, him... his dad... It isn't smooth and pretty... It is chock full and clumsy and really fun. Here it is!!! (ton of photos!)

and many more pages and tags and tuck-ins. Speaking of tucking in... I need to get some sleep. He is in his room Zooming or Skyping with his buddies from work. I can hear him laughing... my favorite sound in the world. I loved the fact his friends hung out at our house. Sometimes I am shocked by the tales they tell about the science experiments they concocted in the basement... But I loved the sound of boys through the ages having fun. Some of his friends lived with us throughout times when their homes were not exactly what they needed (after they were young adults, of course)... 

Have a good Labor Day weekend. Don't work too hard!

Whimsy and Hugs!