Surprise Party

Saturday morning we went to the Maryland game. They were playing Virginia Tech and there were so many Hokie fans there that it was more like a Tech home game than a Maryland one. Maryland sucked as usual and got blown out. Needless to say, it was not a fun afternoon.

In the evening, we went to a surprise 70th birthday party for my cousin's mother, Miss Sis. It was in the banquet room of OPI. Here's a picture of Miss Sis when she arrived. She was definitely surprised!

Peyton had a great time at the party. He mingled with everyone. Here he is with Kim and Dougie. As you can see, he has a cracker in his hand. He ate pretty much constantly all night.

This is actually a good picture of Kyle and I.

The party started with hors d'oeuvres of cheese, crackers, and vegetables with dip. Dinner consisted of turkey, london broil, green beans, roasted potatoes, and bread. Peyton ate like a champ. After dinner, Dougie helped Peyton send his very first text message.

Next it was time to sing Happy Birthday. Peyton, of course, sang along too. After we were finished singing, he knew it was time to eat birthday cake. Peyton loves birthdays.

As a party game, each person got a raffle ticket. The kids' tickets were entered into one drawing and the adults' tickets were entered into another drawing. Peyton won the first kids' drawing! He got a gift card and lots of Ghirardelli chocolate (which I will gladly help him eat!) I think the contest was rigged though, because Peyton is the one that chose the winning ticket. What a smart kid, picking his own ticket! Haha.

After dinner, it was time for dancing. Peyton is a DANCE MACHINE! He danced with everyone. I don't think he sat down at all, except to eat some cake in between dances. He needed to get a little more energy from all of the sugar in the icing so that he could get back out on the dance floor.

Here is Peyton and I doing the Electric Slide together.

Then we slow danced together.

And he danced with Grandmom,

and Nadean and Vester,

and Aunt Bev.

Peyton danced to Cotton Eye Joe, he danced to Friends in Low Places, and he danced to everything in between. At one point, he got a little angry at the number of slow songs and said, "New song." That was pretty funny. Everyone at the party got a kick out of Peyton. The party started at 7:00 and we didn't leave until after 10:00. Peyton wasn't tired at all, but he was wheezing from all of that dancing, so we had to get him home to give him a treatment.

I can't wait until there is another party or wedding so that Peyton can show off his dance moves again. He is a party animal! We had a really good time at the party.