King for the Day!

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear Dad. Happy Birthday to you...

We celebrated Tol's birthday in Royal style. Here are the 3 silly jesters. They practiced their tricks, jokes, and story-telling all day to make this a special birthday for Dad.

The goal: Make Dad feel like "the man" on his big day!

The plan: Give Dad the Royal treatment. King for the day...or at least a few minutes.  

Jobs: Mom: the Royal cook, Taylor: head jester in charge of magic tricks, Brayden: jester in charge of incredibly funny jokes (at least for a 2nd grader), Parker: jester in charge of stunts and funny faces.

As Tol walked in the door from work he was kindly escorted to the Royal Quarters and the "Royal" robe and crown were placed upon him by the jesters.  From there the king was escorted to his throne in the backyard and served a fresh strawberry lemonade and given his favorite book to read while dinner was prepared. 

Side note about preparation of dinner: As the Royal cook was grilling the dinner (steak and shrimp kabobs) she had a little trouble. At one point she was in tears because the smoke was so bad, billowing all around her, it was burning her eyes. The King asked, "Are you alright over there. Do you need some help?" The cook was determined to do this without his help and looked over with mascara running down her face and said, "No way, I've got it handled. Relax, enjoy your entertainment." Little did she know the best entertainment of the night was watching her stumble through using the grill! It was quite entertaining for the jesters, also.

Finally, after 2 lemonade refills dinner was ready. Despite the mishaps at the grill the food was great! Steak and shrimp kabobs, green salad, homemade rolls, rice and corn on the cob...Yummy!! For dessert, what else but raspberry cream pie...Tol's favorite! 

It was a fun evening and even in my red, fuzzy robe...I think he felt like "the man" on his birthday!