Birthday Extravaganza
Raina has been looking forward to her 4th birthday for a LONG time and she got more and more excited as it approached. Krystal and Eric were less excited, because Raina kept mentioning her
"party." Raina certainly was entitled to a party, but we'd have to invite all her school friends, and starting a guest list with 16 4 year-olds is just a recipe for disaster. So we told her she could have a party with 5 guests OR she could plan all parts of a birthday weekend with just family. She jumped on the second option (bless her heart!) and suddenly her parents could breathe easily again.
The first weekend (designated for Krystal) involved the Botanical Gardens, kite flying, tasty brunch, and bike riding. The second weekend (designated for Raina) involved the zoo, tasty Chinese food, lots of home-made chocolate desserts, swimming, bowling, biking, and making birthday snacks for school. This evening (her actual birthday) will have a designed-by-Raina dinner and movie: veggie burgers, sweet potato fries, cake, and Jasmine, a.k.a. Aladdin.
It's been a fun two weeks!
"party." Raina certainly was entitled to a party, but we'd have to invite all her school friends, and starting a guest list with 16 4 year-olds is just a recipe for disaster. So we told her she could have a party with 5 guests OR she could plan all parts of a birthday weekend with just family. She jumped on the second option (bless her heart!) and suddenly her parents could breathe easily again.
The first weekend (designated for Krystal) involved the Botanical Gardens, kite flying, tasty brunch, and bike riding. The second weekend (designated for Raina) involved the zoo, tasty Chinese food, lots of home-made chocolate desserts, swimming, bowling, biking, and making birthday snacks for school. This evening (her actual birthday) will have a designed-by-Raina dinner and movie: veggie burgers, sweet potato fries, cake, and Jasmine, a.k.a. Aladdin.
It's been a fun two weeks!
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