Birthdays and Bright Sunny Days
I’ve been eagerly anticipating Nicole’s birthday. I think it’s because it feels like it’s been a long time since we celebrated a birthday around here. The birthdays in our family fall as follows: May, June, July, December, December, December. It was a challenge to celebrate all our December birthdays this last year because we were preparing for our move. I was feeling a tremendous about of stress and anxiety. I did my best to give my kids a special day, but my heart was not in it last December. We even completely missed celebrating Zach’s birthday because the kids and I weren’t even in the same time zone as him for his birthday (not to mention being apart for our 11th wedding anniversary as well).
Anyway, that time is behind us and we are so ready to give Nicole a birthday. I contemplated throwing a party for her with all our great Seattle friends, but I didn’t think a party was right for her, I couldn’t imagine her enjoying a party. I decided that in lieu of a party, we’d go to the park with some friends and have cupcakes and then celebrate just with family on her birthday.
Today was the best day for the park in terms both of weather and of availability of our friends. Here are some pictures from the park:
