Page 32 of Daddy’s Little Secret

“Grandma, you are just full of surprises lately.” Heck, I forgot she could sew.

“I’m full of something, alright.” Everyone laughed. “Happy to do it for you. You deserve the world, sweet boy, and you have just the Daddy to give it to you.”

“And I,” Momma said, “am your minister for tomorrow.”

“What?” How did I miss her taking classes for that?

“Yup, got ordained online. That’s my contribution to your big day. Family takes care of family. You boys have shown Esther and me so much love, and this is our way of giving back.”

“I think raising us and not locking us up during our teen years was more than enough,” Uncle Chuck admitted. “Those weren’t fun years for me, and I can’t imagine what I put you and Dad through.”

“True enough.” Momma chuckled. “But we did something right, didn’t we, Esther?” Grandma nodded. “For them to have turned into the fine men that they are.”

“Good thing none of us have our make-up on yet,” Daddy teased, but his shimmery eyes said it all. “Or we’d have to start all over again.”

“Come on, lunch is ready,” Momma said, and we followed her across to Uncle Chuck’s cabin. “Refuel, then we can set up the tables and chairs so we don’t have to worry about it tomorrow. We’ll put the tablecloths on them tomorrow right before everyone arrives.”

“Holy moly, what are all these bags for?” There were literal boxes of cute little Halloween bags stuffed which what I guessed was candy.

“Well, since you boys decided to share your special day with the town and asked for no gifts, Esther and I thought it would be fun to make gift bags for everyone. Adult or child, they can each take one.”

“And we bought prizes for a couple of games we thought might be fun too,” Grandma added. “Corn hole, horseshoes, spin the wheel for prizes.”

“I can’t wait!” Tae cheered then stopped. “Do we get to play too?”

“Of course you do, silly boy.” Uncle Chuck kissed the top of his head. “Oscar and I made these games for you to enjoy too. Now after the party, you guys have more fun stuff for your outside play area.”

“Yay!” Tae and I cheered.

They had all kinds of lunch meats, cheeses, chips, and sub rolls set out. I loved sammy days. I loaded a roll up, grabbed some chips and a bottle of water, and sat next to Tae. His Daddy was making his plate, but I was too hungry to wait and got to the front of the line first.

I wanted to get as much done as we could today, and fast. Then I could play with all my new toys and show Sabrina her new tower. “Daddy, how long will the rest of the stuff on today’s list take to do?”

“Couple more hours, why?”

I glanced over at Tae, and he nodded, both of the same mind. “We want to play in my new playroom.”

“I think that can be arranged,” Daddy said. Tae and I got the wiggle butts which made it hard to sit still.

“I have an idea,” Grandma said. “Why don’t you two shower after you’re done helping your Daddies, and Momma and I will set up a picnic for you for dinner in Trey’s playroom?”

“Yay!” Our butts were working overtime trying their best to sit still.

“Alright, wiggle butts,” Uncle Chuck teased, “let’s clean up and get to it.”

We helped Daddy and Uncle Chuck set up the tables. “These picnic tables are really cool, the way you made it so they fold up into one piece.”

“Yes, and I bet after tomorrow we get an order for some. Thankfully, we made extras so we can sell them on the spot,” Uncle Chuck said. “We’ll keep four for ourselves, just in case.”

Tae worked on the regular six-foot tables, while Daddy, Uncle Chuck, and I did the heavy picnic ones.

“Do you want the chairs out, Daddy?” Tae asked.

“No, sweetheart, we’ll do those tomorrow.”

This was coming together so nice. The weather was gorgeous, no rain in sight, the decorations were perfect, and the kids were gonna love it. “Uncle Chuck, it was a really good idea to invite the town out.”

Uncle Chuck blushed, which was rare. “Every once in a while I have a good idea.”