I've been here
before. Lily's birthday is tomorrow. Her party is on
Saturday. On Tuesday, I suddenly realized that perhaps I should
invite some children to join us for that party. Problem is, it's
so early in the school year that I don't know the kids well and I don't
have a school directory. I'm sorry, did someone just say, "Invite
the whole class!"? I'm going to have to ask you to leave. I
don't allow that sort of nonsense here. So. Seriously? I
scrawled my contact info and a date and time on paper from a notepad I
had in the car ("Are these coffee stains emobssed?") and handed them to
the parents of the 3 kids she invited. That's such a nice moment,
really. "Um, it's Lily's birthday on Friday? And uh, I'm
having some kids over on Saturday and I"m going to give them cake and
fairy wings and toss them outside. Can you make it?" The funny
thing is how well they take it. My favorite response was "Oh, now
I feel so much better!" Yeah, that's my place on earth. To
make other parents feel good about their pathetic efforts.
She wants a fairy dog cake. Pink and blue. You know and I
know that I'll come through. I just haven't figured out HOW.
Tomorrow is her "birthday walk." At Montessori schools, on
a kid's birthday, they have them walk around "the sun" (light on the
floor) one time for each year of their age. As the kid walks, the
teacher reads a little bit about what the child did in that year and
has a pic to show. I was trying to fill out the paper
tonight. I was hosed from the beginning. Weight at birth?
Length? Time of birth? I have. no. idea. Not a
clue. I know she was born at night b/c the Sopranos were coming
back that night and we missed it. My doula missed a Sopranos
party. Stupid baby. First word? Mmmm...probably
"meow" or "kitty" but I have no real idea. It's not written down
anywhere. Steve was able to offer, "She smiled a lot." I
managed to remember she never crawled...The fate of the third
child. Each year, her birthday walk stats will be different b/c
I'm just making them up to avoid leaving them blank and looking like a
lame-o.
She informed me the other day that from now on "my sad face will also
be my happy face because it hurts to go like this [smiles] and it
doesn't hurt to scowl."
Three was flippin' adorable and I'm kind of sad to say good bye to three forever.
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6 comments:
Happy Birthday, Lily! I think creative birthday facts are the best.
Oh Deana, I cannot belive Lily has a birthday. And I think you should be best friends with the mom who said "Oh, now I feel so much better!" I am dying to see what kind of cake you come up with for a fairy dog cake. As far as Lily's birth details can't you just rename her Meadow and be done with it? I think that would be a satisfying and lasting consequence to her bad timing.
Lily was born at 9:25 pm and weighed in at 9 lbs, 3 oz. Now save that info. and you can use it next year!
Love,
Your friendly neighborhood doula.
I'll buy the 9:25, but no WAY did she weigh over 9 lbs. She was anorexic. And I know that I had leetle babies. She was long and skinny. I think you were just bitter about missing the Sopranos and wrote down any old thing.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY FAIRY-GIRL...4, wow. So far I like 4, and since mine is a boy that's saying a lot!!!!
Don't keep us in suspense!! Fairy dog cake pics????
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