Bright and Early… it’s BOAT RACE Time!!!
The boats were raced in heats, only racing 5 or 6 boats at a time. A few Uncles and Dads braved the icy cold river to set the boats a sailing.
The Finish Line.
After the boat races it was time for Grandma’s 90th birthday celebration. She was so excited to get in and start celebrating that she “popped a wheelie” off the bridge and took off ahead of the crowd.
Pat recreated one of grandma’s favorite radio/TV game shows from the past… “Queen for a day”. To bring it to life Pat brought up 4 contestants who wanted to compete to be Queen for a day. Each contestant had to give their best sob story and explain why they deserved to be crowned with the title of Queen for the day. (My Grandma actually did write into this show back in the day. They never responded back to her letter but if she would have won back then the prizes she would have asked for were a rifle for her husband and dancing lessons for herself.)
Contestant #4- GRANDMA
For her sob story today, she told a few of her saddest moments from her childhood. Like the time she thought she had the lead solo in a choir performance only to find out that they were talking about another girl in her class named “Phyllis", or the time when she hid a knife overnight so she would be sure to have one when it was time to help her mother cut corn off the cob for canning. But because there weren’t enough knives; despite her best efforts to sneak one of her own she had to give it up and go and dust by herself instead…. So Sad.
It was a no brainer who was going to be “Queen for a day”, with that many sob stories and a 90th birthday… Grandma Rose is crowned the winner!
And that ended our family’s time at the Rose Reunion. Thanks for all of the FUN!
1 comment:
That looks like it was a lot of fun!
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