Dad had a great time on his birthday, although Hoot knocking out a couple Christmas lights and trouble with a new Iphone did put a slight damper on things. Dad got some great gifts including a corpse incense burner and an animatronic that is a little bit different and is sure to put a little scare into people next Halloween.

As is traditional on Dads birthday, a trip to Boneyard with extra ribs and extra wings provided the perfect Birthday dinner. After that, the entire family enjoyed cake and ice cream as bowl season began and college football was once again playing on the television for the first time since Michigan won the Big Ten Championship almost two weeks before.

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Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday James
Happy Birthday to you

Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday Mom
Happy Birthday to you

Dad celebrated his birthday with his family and enjoyed many gifts and great eats as well. As usual Dad got his traditional “Boneyard” meal of ribs, chicken, and salad. Dads cake was unique in that it had a Halloween design but was just as delicious (if not more) than other cakes. Lots of gifts for Dad including an animated “cocoon” victim for the 2021 Halloween season. The party was fun and a great time was had by all, especially Dad.This year was also a little more fun because Dad took a vacation day as he had to “use them or lose them” this year since the family did not take a real vacation due to the pandemic.

Happy 17th birthday James and here is hoping for many many more

We wish Mom a very happy birthday and hope for many many more.

A great time was had by all at Dads Birthday which included cake and ice cream, gifts, and a Boneyard Dinner.

Later that day we got a chance to spend some quality time with the whole family as we watched a movie on TV. It was nice to get away from news and internet if only for a few hours and do something together at home as a family rather than everyone working on their phones, ipads, and computers. A big thank you to all the well wishers, cards, and gifts.

When Donald W Kleiber was born in 1933, in Michigan, his father, Benjamin, was 39 and his mother, Mildred, was 36.

He has two sons (Donald “Mike”, and Bruce) and one daughter (Sandy) with Mary Ann Chmura between 1954 and 1962.

He had three brothers and two sisters (Charles, Raymond, and the baby who died at childbirth are the three brothers, the two sisters were Dorothy and Virginia).

Donald Kleiber is James’ Great Uncle and lived for decades within walking distance of James Great Aunt Louise in Trenton and they both attended the same church, St Timothy Church just off West Road.

Donald and his wife Mary Ann are also James’ Dads Godparents and have been a strong influence in his life as their kindness to everyone they met was inspirational.

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James celebrated his birthday at Buffalo Wild Wings with Grandma and Dynamike (who was performing there doing magic tricks and making balloons for kids). James got to open gifts at the restaurant and at home.

Everyone had a great time and Mom, Dad, Grandman, James, and Dynamike all enjoyed the evening and especially the food.

James felt a little under the weather when we got him home and he had a small cold which he shook off quickly, however he constantly reminds us of it as he thinks he should get compensation for being a little sick on his birthday, smart kid finding loopholes in everything.

With that in mind we thought we would give James his bonus… Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday Dear James, Happy Birthday to you. Continue reading “James Birthday 2019” →

A sure sign that it is getting closer to Christmas is Dad’s birthday. Dad has always complained that he gets short changed on his birthday because it is so close to Christmas that most people just got him one gift for both, but for the past few years we have moved his birthday (at least the gift part of it) to November 1st where we take him out to the Halloween shops to buy decorations at 50 – 90 percent off.

However we still celebrate his birthday in December so now (in a way) he sort of gets two birthdays each year on his two favorite holidays each year, Christmas and Halloween.