My First Surprise Party

This past week, we pulled it off!! The first time I ever planned a surprise party and it worked!! It started 3 weeks ago when Jon, a great friend of ours told me his idea to have a surprise wedding cake for his and his wife's 15th wedding anniverary, since they never had one at their wedding. It took off from there. I was nauseated when I had to drop the pretend invitation to Shona over the phone, my knees were buckling but thankfully it came out cool, calm, and collected. Either that or Shona is really gullible. (Thanks mom for helping me practice over the phone). The night before the party I couldn't sleep. Poor Ben, I was tossing and turning. Then the night of the surprise arrived. They dropped of the kids while they went to dinner. The best part of my scheming...I came to the door in a hoodie and jeans as if no big thing was going on. After that....the chaos started. I had 45 minutes to get the kids fed and the place decorated. Then the people arrived. Our home was overflowing with people. The kids were watching stealthily from the upstairs window and Jon and Shona walked in and Shona was incredibly surprised. Unfortunately I missed her reaction due to a stubbed toe, not mine, her daughter Faith's but I heard it was great. Here's a little video of the anticipation, I was supposed to follow it up with her reaction, but that poor little toe thwarted that plan. Enjoy.