We closed the season with a party for some of Myka's friends at Chuck E Cheese. I thought this year was going to be easy to get away with a small party or possibly no party since we would have just moved and wouldn't know too many people to invite other than a couple families we would have celebrated with in some form or another anyway.
I was wrong.
Shortly after we got here in March, Myka started asking about her birthday party. She was so concerned she wouldn't have anyone to invite, and it was our one clear sign that the move had bothered her a little bit. Whenever she would meet someone new, anyone, she would ask me in a whisper if they could come to her birthday party. As of April, her party consisted of twelve year old twin girls from church, an elderly couple who had us over for pie, a babysitter, someone about 3 or 4 we met at the park one day, and Michaela's family. Since Michaela's family was on vacation throughout the month of June, we waited for them to get back and invited some real friends we had met in the meantime.
And while I'm a big fan of the "home party", having just moved, torn up the yard for a deck and a fence, and torn up the inside to paint all the walls, I decided we would be having the party somewhere else. Chuck E Cheese was close, affordable (trust me - when you compare it to what other places cost around here for a party... Yikes!), and one of Myka's favorite places to celebrate milestones. Kurt doesn't mind it either...
We all had a great time and we could tell Myka was satisfied that her birthday had been complete. I got to experience the bliss of not having to prepare much for a party nor clean up afterwords and I may have a hard time going back to my old ways in the future.
And we learned that Sadie likes cupcakes. Should have guessed by the shirt she was wearing...
Happy Birthday, Myka! Looking forward to celebrating with you again in ten months or so.
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That's my girl!
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