90 Years Young!

Happy 90th Birthday to my amazing mom!  It's not many people who can celebrate this milestone with both a healthy mind and body, but thankfully, my mom is one of the lucky ones. My siblings and I, and her grandchildren and great grandchildren, are especially lucky to be able to share this special birthday with her.
In honor of her birthday, we put together a surprise party at a local restaurant.  My family left the decorating up to me, so here's what I came up with....
I made some hand made flower topiaries in hand painted terra cotta pots. I used raised letters to spell out various phrases about turning 90.  I bought some small frames, painted them lilac and placed some family photos with Mom in each one for the tables. By the way, the colors I used were lilac, cream, sage green, and white.

Lilac chocolate covered pretzels with white sprinkels in cellophane bags were the favors.  The tables were scattered with violet foil wrapped dark chocolate kisses.
While everyone waited for dinner, the hungry crowd answered some trivia questions about Mom that I made up, one for the grandchildren to answer and an easier version for the great grandchildren to answer with a little help.

Along with the party,our gift to Mom was a photo book I compiled from photos sent to me by the family.  I also wrote a poem which I included on the last 2 pages of the book.

I made a half sheet cake, which I had also created for my daughter's bridal shower 3 years ago, and decorated it.
Mom was totally surprised and immediately started to cry when she walked in to the room and saw her entire family singing "Happy Birthday" when she entered. 
She was so grateful for her wonderful party and all the time and effort my siblings and I put into this memorable evening.  We were very happy to do it and even happier that she was able to reach this milestone!

Looking forward to her 100th!