The trick was....the surprise. Kristin, of course, would be expecting something naturally. So Cathy planned a Faux birthday party for her the weekend right after Thanksgiving.
A A deliberately sad and somewhat limp kinda thing, just enough to to completely let our sister down. I love looking at this picture. Here is Cathy with a rather sad cake and a big secret.
And my little sister Kristin trying to make the best of things. It helped that I was planning to be out of town that weekend - so the light attendance also proved to be a rub..
[ as you will see in the videos....]
The night before the party, I spoke on the phone with our cousin Kelly, who dutifully reported that Kristin was not quite happy about the whole schloppy thing. Almost too much actually.
It is always fun to know that a surprise is in store to set everything right, but personally I am not sure I would want to take it to that level again. So - Monday Lunchtime came the big surprise.
You can see the rest for yourself on the 3 part video.
Part 1
Dad the candidate, The big suprise...
Part 2
Past 40th parties, cranberry sauce
Part 3
What's for lunch? and Early dismissal
