The end of May/beginning of June is Birthday Season around here because we have lots of birthdays - Zach, Jen, Steve, as well as my (Jen's) mom and brother in law - add mother and fathers days in there, and it's a lot of celebrating! Then we added another this time because we were never able to celebrate Ben's 16th birthday with his friends because of lockdown, so we had the traditional "mystery dinner" celebration once things loosened up a little bit for lockdown.
Zach's birthday fell on the same day as graduation, so we called it his "birthdiation". This was before things loosened up a little, so his cousins were the ones to help him celebrate.
The beginning of June, things loosened up just a little, allowing us to drive around a little and gather in small groups of less than 10 people. Still can't go shopping or drive into the city, but we are thankful for the little bit of loosening anyway. So just a couple days after his birthday, Zach got to celebrate with some friends who also had graduated and had birthdays the end of May.
Shortly after, Ben and Gabby decided to do their birthday dinner celebration that was cancelled for lockdown, even though not everyone was able to get there yet. They had a great time anyway, and it was fun to see them celebrate with our family's traditional 16th birthday mystery dinner.
Zach and one of his friends decorated and served as wait staff for the dinner.
It's fun because the guests all select their menu and what order they want to come out, but it is in code, so they don't know what they will get when...and whether they will order silverware to eat their ice cream is a mystery. :)
Thankful for the celebrations with our family and friends and thankful as well that things are starting to loosen up at least a little.
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