Happy Birthday

A few days ago, Jules called to tell me that Lucia had been honored at school.   The entire elementary school meets every Monday for assembly and on this Monday the school had a contest "Crazy Hair Day". The kids chose the winner by cheering for their favorite contestant.  Jules sent Lucia to school with a 1980's mullet wig and she was nominated by her classmates to represent the preschoolers.  When the teacher stood behind Lucia, the whole school cheered and clapped for our little Lu-she won for the entire school!   It probably seems silly, but Juliet teared up when she was told the big news.  Seriously, it feels great knowing that a school full of kids would cheer for our little girl, no matter how trivial the reason. This got me thinking, how lucky are we!!??!

Lucia turned 4 years old April 26th.  Each year, Jules and I enjoy throwing a party for our Lu's birthday.   Each year, we talk about trying to limit the size of the party by inviting only people who we would call Lucia's friends and each year the party has grown and grown!!!   It seems almost inexplicable, but we somehow served 100 hot dogs and worked our way through 4 cases of beer (by the way, Jules has warned me every year that most people don't drink beer now a days!).   Anyhow, her party was amazing, kids were running around everywhere and Lucia seemed to cherish the attention.  

                      

While she didn't smile when we sang her Happy Birthday, she couldn't stop smiling when her best friend and pen pal Rose would stand next to her.   I'm not kidding, every time Rose would walk up and hang out with Lucia, Lucia would bust out in a huge smile.  

Probably once a month I am caught off guard by a comment like, "I don't know how you and Juliet do it".   Those type of comments are always a surprise to me as Lu and Scout give me more joy than I ever imagined was possible.  Lu and our family are surrounded by amazing friends, teachers, family, and mentors.  Thank you to each of you who make life so great for our family and Little Lu.   So lucky to be part of this little family and to have a daughter like our perfect Bird.   

                  School birthday