“Happy Birthday, (Not So) Little Man!”

This year has been, umm . . . How should we describe it?! “2020!” (Right?!) In all seriousness, this has been a year full of challenges in every realm of life...

We had to get creative regarding how to celebrate DJ’s birthday simply but with at least a few friends this year. (We hadn’t done a party for him the last two years, poor guy...) So we came up with the idea of having a picnic immediately after getting out of school in a nearby local park with a few friends from school. (And on his actual birthday – possibly a first for us!) 😉

We combined ideas we’d gathered over the past two or so years – and even recycled some materials! Not being able to find a definite consensus (in writing) on protocols for groups, we tried to take precautions in every measure we could imagine, even incorporating masks that fit the party theme...

So much fun!

Since E was my full-time Party Planning Assistant this time, we had lots of fun with all the details…

DJ also helped with some of the food prep and decoration...

And we made party bags for DJ’s classmates (because taking cupcakes to school – or any food to share, for that matter – isn’t allowed right now).

“Happy Birthday, (Not So) Little Man!”

We love you!

The Best Bouquets!

It’s spring! Wildflowers are in bloom everywhere, and my Little Man picks a bouquet for me as he leaves the school…

“From my 👦, with 💙!”

A Favorite Quote!

“War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer

  who would devour all;

  but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness,

  nor the arrow for its swiftness,

  nor the warrior for his glory.

  I love only that which they defend...”

 

J.R.R. Tolkien

The Lord of the Rings, Book IV, The Window of the West

Moon and Mars!

Moon and Mars, as seen from Montevideo tonight...

O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory above the heavens...

When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,
what is man that you are mindful of him,
and the son of man that you care for him?

(Psalm 8)