15,000 Turkeys

It was my Mum's birthday today; a day she'd been dreading as it is the first without Dad. I think all of these 'firsts' are going to be just awful- it feels so wrong without him here with us. I tried to spoil and treat Mum to make the day as enjoyable as possible for her.

We had a breakfast of pancakes before opening all her cards and presents. She was suitably surprised at my gift of a trip to Paris; I can't wait to go with her.. hopefully she will now get her passport form signed and sent off! We then went to Jimmy's Farm for a long and lazy lunch and wander round. I can't believe we haven't been there before, the food was brilliant and everyone was super-nice; they even put a birthday candle in Mum's crumble. We were then able to flop on the sofa for a couple of hours, before spending the evening at the theatre to see Arsenic and Old Lace. We rounded the day off with a bit of late night birthday cake- it turned out that I accidentally planned a bit of a busy day, but I think Mum enjoyed it.