My little brother Mike turned 30 last weekend. The horror, the horror – if he’s 30 now, that makes me… let’s not discuss that! Let’s discuss the awesomeness of the surprise birthday party that his wife Ann Marie engineered! My husband and I hosted it, and turned our house into a comic-themed wonderland.
The comic theme was chosen because my brother is a comic artist. We celebrated Spiderman, The Hulk, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Iron Man and Batman. We also had toys from our childhood everywhere – the whole night was a trip down memory lane!
Here are some photos of the guests getting ready for the big surprise by donning party masks!
My brother has allegedly never been surprised in his life, so we went to great lengths to protect our surprise party secret! Being involved in surprises stresses me out to no end – my brother kept calling and I kept not answering the phone for fear of being completely transparent! Here’s everyone hiding – quietly! – in the dark stairwell waiting for Mike to let himself into our garage.
“SURPRISE!!!!!”
“There are a bunch of crazy people wearing Spiderman masks in your sister’s stairwell!!!”
Yes, folks, he was completely and utterly surprised. Mission accomplished!
As part of the party, I made a set to take a family photo of all of us wearing Spiderman masks, but I’m not going to post it because it’s really really weird. Instead here’s a photo of my sister on the set! Party!
We listened to music from various phases of my brother’s life. Here’s Mike reenacting the Boyz II Men era: “Doom doom doom da da!”
As is normal for any function involving any one or all of my siblings, the party turned into a dance party! It was the first time anyone had danced in our new condo and it rocked!
Even Spiderman got down.
I don’t know what’s going on here but it is hilarious.
Happy birthday Mike!
by leahlar
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