Happy Happy Birthday, Daddy !

Samuel was helping Dad open his presents until Sophie cat got into the act; she was definitely more interesting than Dad. (Sophie only tolerated Samuel so she could get her paws on the ribbons.)

Happy Birthday!

Samuel's card to Dad; he even scrawled his name on the card for Dad.

Mom and Dad went out for his birthday to dinner and to Opryland Hotel to see the Christmas lights and decorations with friends, Rodney and Trish. Their daughter, Erin, asked to babysit Samuel, which worked out really well ! (Erin and her brothers were at their grandparents' home.) When we came back, Samuel seemed perfectly content and had found an "extra" grandpa in Rodney's dad.