Happy Birthday Holden!
The big 0-3 is this weekend and we had a little party in the park Exactly As Holden Specified.
He said he wanted a party in the park with all his friends and cookies and cake. He started asking for this as soon as Milo had his birthday. “Who has the next birthday?” he asked. “Mommy” was the answer… oh, bummer.
And after my birthday, he asked again.
Fresh haircut for the occasion and seated with some of his best buds: Miles, Olivia, and Julian
His story did not change over the next several weeks, it only became more specific by naming which kind of cake (chocolate), which kind of cookies (chocolate), and which friends (all of them). When I gave him a choice of what kind of food to eat among pizza, sandwiches or Picante (Mexican), he said emphatically “sandwiches.”
Last weekend, he was enjoying his morning snack of dry cereal and blueberries and said, “this is a delicious snack, can we have Puffins and blueberries at my birthday party?” — I thought serving a bowl of cereal was a little odd, but the mixed berry fruit salad was born in that conversation.
I’m sure next year he’ll have plenty of ideas too, I only hope they’ll be so easy to work with.
Happy Birthday Holden, we love you!
And thanks for going easy on us for our first real kid b-day party.
