Josh's preschool usually does a whole birthday thing, including a special crown and song, and earlier this week we made pink race car chocolates for the other kids, but because of the weather, school was canceled all week. I think Josh was more disappointed about the crown than anything else; he knew it was going to involve pink & mermaids... Luckily, because his teacher is the amazing & thoughtful person that she is, she set up a time for the kids to come by & pick up the various holiday projects they had made, and used that as an opportunity to surprise Josh with his crown after all. I think his face says it all...
At first I felt bad for him, since it was only a few kids, but in retrospect, I think that might have been for the best. His friend Thea was there, with her little brother Jasper, and Sam got to be there as well. Much more informal, and I think that smaller group was probably much more comfortable for him. He never hesitated at all, and was just so pleased and excited to have his crown after all. Thanks Kris!!!
Birthday hugs from the super sweet Thea!
Josh & Aiden were suppose to have a party on Saturday afternoon at the Everett Children's Musuem - but because of the weather, they were actually closed on Thursday - for the first time in their history! That, combined with the possibility of really terrible driving conditions for folks coming from Olympia, convinced us to reschedule the party for January instead. Unfortunately, Josh's friend Cleo will be out of town then. So we decided to chance the weather, and did a mini-party on Saturday afternoon for just the two of them. Cleo is alot like Josh, and I think was as happy as he was to have something less crowded. They had a blast, and it gave us a chance to get to know her parents better as well - outside the usual chaos of preschool...
For Josh's actual birthday, we mostly stayed home & cozied up while snow, snow, and more snow came down. More photos to come...
Overall, maybe not the birthday weekend we had planned, but when Josh was falling asleep tonight, he did say it was "the best birthday ever."
