A Birthday Delight
EcoKid doesn’t turn four til Wednesday. But we tend to celebrate birthday seasons around here, rather than just on the birthDAY. This makes the occassion stretch out longer and helps spread out some of the stuff that might otherwise be overwhelming if it happened all at once.
So EcoKid and I have been working away at her party pinata to use with her little friends on Sunday when she celebrates with them. And she has been ‘helping’ me sew her special birthday dress (in Olivia the Pig fabric.) And we’ve be acquiring the supplies for birthday cake, icing, and things to go in the pinata. And she ‘helped’ me sew little party favour bags for each of her four little friends coming on Sunday.
However, I think that while EcoKid appreciates all this activity surrounding her birthday, the thing she’s most enjoyed is opening birthday gifts as they arrive for her in the mail. She’s had gifts trickling in for the past few days; getting gifts by mail is a fun part of being an expat kid!
Today might have been the jewel in EcoKid’s little birthday crown. Her Uncle Ray and Auntie Bev sent her a parcel with a really amazing, super cool, oh-so-princessy…
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card.
That’s right folks, she had to sleep with it. She. Had. To. Sleep. With. It.
What you can’t see in the photo is the front of the card; three Disney princesses and lots of glitter. Princesses and glitter are, like, the biggest things in this girl’s life right now. (I know, I can’t actually believe she’s MY daughter sometimes either.)
And for the record, her Auntie Di and Uncle Guy sent her a princess card too. It also was slept with. For a week. I just wasn’t brave enough to turn the light on and get a photo!
And now, as her Mummy, I have to try to top a the joy of princess birthday cards on her big day… I don’t have anything glittery or princessy in my pocket…
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Happy birthday to Ecokid! We have two December babies (9th & 24th) so we’ve always spread out the birthdays and Christmas gifts. They don’t receive many gifts from family, but whatever they get comes in the post (I’m the expat-his folks live up north), so we open as and when they come–which helps make the whole month a non-stop celebration. We’ve stopped birthday parties when they were 4 & 5–and now take them for a special outing of their choice.
That’s a good idea, Elizabeth. I’m hoping we can give up birthday parties and celebrate other ways soon. Although EcoKid is a bit of a party junkie… so it might take a little longer than I’d like…
The preparty preparations are half the fun…for the kids anyways!
Ecokid is so cute, sleeping w/her card. We LOVE Olivia the pig around here too. Where did you get the fabric? I am planning Katie’s quilt and would love to include some Olivia fabric.
http://store.besewhappy.com/servlet/-strse-Andover-Fabrics-cln-Olivia-the-Pig-by-Ian-Falconer/Categories
Fun stuff!