Poppy’s Birthday
Posted By pamelamyers on November 15, 2014
Last night we celebrated Poppy’s birthday. Just an easy night of steak sandwiches, cake and presents. It is so funny – the cake was solely for Sam’s benefit since her Poppy would never eat dessert, not even his own birthday cake, immediately after dinner. But for Sam, a birthday party isn’t a birthday party without cake. She helped pick it out at the store and of course, blew out the candles. It was so funny before dinner. Sam added some candy letters to the cake and then wanted to put on the candles. I asked her how many to put on and she thought about it and said, “Hmmm..maybe just one because Poppy is old and he doesn’t have so much breath.” Nice, Sam. Nice.
Crazy comments aside, Sam’s Poppy loves her to pieces.
He got other gifts, of course, but the best ones were from Sam. She made him this bowl at Busy Bees so that he can put all the little things he collects in it. When she was making it, I asked her what color Poppy likes and she said, in a very exasperated voice, “BLACK. Poppy likes black…” So funny that we all know that is his color of choice, even Sam! She did add some nice pops of color to the inside.
Sam was so proud of what she made, and she should be. Frankly, she did an amazing job!
That morning, when I was talking about the birthday dinner and the presents, Sam said, “But I can’t give Poppy just one thing!” So, she quickly drew him a picture of the two of them and we wrapped it up. Mission accomplished!
Poppy’s last little gift was a lottery ticket in his card. Sam helped him scratch it off. She won $5.00 on the one I gave her but alas, Poppy won nothing. Sam kept saying, “Poor Poppy. He didn’t win.” She was very upset about it, but not enough to share her winnings!
Happy Birthday, Poppy! Sam is very lucky to have you in her life. Every little girl should know what it is like to have her Grandpop think she is the bee’s knees, just like I did. You mean the world to her, and to us.
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