i had a huge surprise for him. he had no clue. for months he has been mowing our yard (almost an acre) with a push-mower. neighbors have commented – “are you trying to kill him?”. they had no idea what was about to unfold.
will gave me a birthday list with 32 items, on april 4th. items ranged in price from $10 to $10000. i played around with him and told him i could not find any of the smaller $ items on the list, despite my trying several different stores in the area. throwing him completely off track, i ordered him some clothes (a man’s least favorite gift for any occasion) and wrapped them in shoe boxes. he had one other tiny package, some shaving lotion, that really had him wondering.
the morning of his birthday i told him he could open any one package he would like. he picked the shaving lotion, opened it, and acted surprised. i really think he dreaded the fact that the other two boxes were shoes or clothes, and could not possibly be wii games, computer books, a garmin, a grill, or a riding lawn mower – but he was holding out hope and saved those to open after he came home from work.
after he left for work that morning the special present finally arrived. it was ordered on april 8th, and it was killing me to keep a secret from him for 3.5 weeks! i could not wait until he got home, but when he did, the shock and excitement were fantastic!
– waiting for daddy.
unveiling will’s new riding lawn mower!
after the shock of the mower wore off he opened his other packages. (he did go back out to the garage just to stare at the mower once more before we got ready for dinner.)
after presents we had to get ready for dinner reservations at will’s favorite place – enoteca vin.
we enjoyed an amazing dinner with a wide variety of wines. our favorites of the evening included a selection of west coast raw oysters, a seafood pot with fresh crab, shrimp, clams, and mussles, a lemon pasta with rabbit sausage, a cheese tray, and of course our favorite pinot noir and reisling selections! throughout the dinner will kept saying – i got a riding mower!
after dinner we needed some sobering up. we headed across the street to helios coffee. we had two amazing drinks – miele and caramella! will could not decide!
all in all he said it was a great day!
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