Simon turned four today. We have had an exciting birthday week, starting on Tuesday with a trip to the zoo and a party with the grandparents. Then on Friday, Simon got to spend a couple hours with his daycare friends as they had a party for him there as well.
Unfortunately, he was sick today, and so it seemed that it would not be a very happy birthday after all.
But then after church, one of his primary teachers came to see him. When she came to the door with his gift, she said, "I want to see him. I'm not afraid of the flu." :)
She had a birthday hat for him and a bag of toys. He was delighted.
Meanwhile, Scott spent the afternoon on his feet (after a long night of having Simon in our bed with us, feverish and coughing) to make cinnamon rolls for a big family birthday party at Scott's parents. Since Simon was sick, it was not a good idea to take him to the party and risk getting other people sick, and Scott decided that would not be much fun for Simon on his birthday to be at home while everyone else was at his birthday party.
That meant we now had no plans for dinner, and since Scott was tired from baking and Simon would not let me put him down, we asked Simon what he wanted for his birthday dinner and ordered pizza hut.
While we waited for the pizza to arrive, we took a plate full of cinnamon rolls to Simon's daycare provider, Nadege, because today is also her birthday (and we had 54 cinnamon rolls to get rid of, since we were no longer taking them to the party).
Simon also decided that he wanted to give Nadege his new birthday hat.
The pizza was a hit. Sam offered Simon the pepperoni that he had picked off of his pizza, and Simon said, "No, Sam, they are part of the whole thing."
I was so excited that he actually ate dinner, because he refused breakfast and lunch! But he was right, pizza was the right choice!
Soon after dinner, we decided to watch the new DVD movie that Simon got for his birthday,
Bolt. Our friends David and Jessica came a few minutes into it, and joined us for the movie and then some exciting games on the Wii.
The best part was that since he had not seen Jessie and David for a week, he clung onto them and gave Mom a break!
Simon lit up during the games and was running around with the kids, having a wonderful time.
It turned out to be an awesome birthday, despite the illness. We are so happy that we have so many awesome friends that we can call family.
One last photo of Simon, happy, but tired and ready to go to bed and snuggle with his new pet snake from the zoo.
Happy Birthday, Simon!
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