I know that a actual birthday is really only a single day, but it just doesn't seem like enough time to celebrate all that the last year brought -- how much they have grown, how much they have changed and how much they really are loved.
We celebrate with family, we celebrate with friends, we celebrate the DAY OF with just our immediate family and we celebrate at school.
This year, Sophia's birthday was something to remember! A big snowstorm blew into town the night before her birthday, canceling school for the next three days. I anticipated this happening, just based on the weather reports, so I did not make her dirt brownies for her classmates until I was ABSOLUTELY SURE that school would be back in session!
She was able to sleep in on the morning of her birthday and then came downstairs to cinnamon rolls with candles. Yes, it's a good start to the morning when you have nowhere to be right away and you can feast on breakfast while still wearing your bathrobe!
We spent most of the day enjoying the falling snow and the extra family time together. The college even closed that night (which is rare!) and while I scrambled to email my students and make arrangements for a make-up chemistry lab at a later date, I really enjoyed eating dinner together as a family -- no dance classes and no college teaching that night.
Planning that I would be teaching that night, we showered Sophia with gifts the weekend before:
Officer James was more than willing to lend a helping hand, if Sophia needed him.
Birthdays make ALL of us smile!
Later, she posed for a quick picture outside while sporting a lot of her birthday gifts -- the sparkled headband was from Grammy, the flamingo t-shirt was from Grandpa, the leggings were from Aunt Chris, the shoes were from us and the hamburger squishee (I just don't understand the thrill of them?!) was from Sam.
Happy 9th birthday, Sophia Marie!
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