Danny's "Party"

Depending on who you ask, I am either very sensible about birthday parties, or the proverbial party pooper. I determined early on that Danny would not have a party this year. Fortunately, he thinks he had one, thanks to my visit to school today. It was simple and merely involved cupcakes, but ultimately he got to celebrate with his friends (and his mommy), and isn't that what it's all about?

A few snapshots from the "party":

Danny, who loves to help in the kitchen, carefully placing his robot decorations on the cupcakes. Not sure where this robot interest came from, but we rolled with it. The experience of making the cupcakes clearly made an impression, because on the way to school he told Lulu all about it, concluding, "It was so fun!":


The Cubs (Danny's class) begin their day by blowing off some steam on the playground. These bicycles are among the favorite activities - and a real workout when pushing it fully loaded with six tykes:


Danny was delighted to help me pass out robot napkins to his classmates, asking each one, "Who needs a robot?"


I don't know if he was more pleased about the class singing to him, or the prospects of diving into a cupcake:


Of course tomorrow, on his actual birthday, we'll celebrate as a family - complete with presents and my attempt at a horsey cake. Stay tuned!