Richfield Family Review: Happy Retirement and Surprise!

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Happy Retirement and Surprise!

Last week on Friday was my mom's last day of work! She finally retired. It was a little bit earlier than expected this year, but she still welcomed it all the same. For a few months my dad, brother and I have planned to give her a laptop for her retirement. And of course I wanted to be there in person to give it to her. So, I had planned to come down and visit the weekend of her retirement. She had no idea, and then my dad planned an open house for Sunday. I knew she really wanted me to come, but I kept telling her that it wouldn't work because I already had plans.

Well, surprise! The kids and I were there on Friday when she got home from work! She did have a little idea that we would we probably be there for the party, but she was surprised to see us that early! We had a fun weekend. Uncas stayed home with Sammy, so we missed them :-(

Saturday morning we visited Great-Grandma. When I told Eddie who we were going to visit, he said "She's a really old person!" When we told her that, she laughed! Edith wasn't too sure about her, but towards the end she warmed up and was laughing and smiling.

Great-Grandma reading to Eddie

Edith playing in G-grandma's room

Sunday was the big party day. To keep the kids busy for a little while, I took them to the local World of Variety to play. It's sort of a catch all store and they have a train table for the kids to play with. And they had little shopping carts which the kids enjoyed running up and down the aisles!

We gave my mom her laptop before the party and she was quite surprised! It was so much fun to see her face. The party was fun. Many of her former co-workers stopped by as well as some friends too. The kids had a blast playing with their cousins and with the neighbor kids. It was a fun afternoon! I am so glad we were able to celebrate with my mom!