This morning, in the five minutes that it took for me to get Vaiosina on the potty, get her clothes and her shoes on, I must have said "Happy Birthday!" to her about a million times. At one point, Malu asked, "gosh, how many times do you have to say it?" I simply replied, "I'm going to say it all day long!" Not sure about anyone else, but my parents always made a big deal out of birthdays. And it's not like I had a huge party every single birthday. It's just that they always did something to make the day extra special. And that's just something I want to pass down to Vaiosina because birthdays are just that--special.
As I said yesterday, there were no big plans for today. Malu and I brought some cupcakes for Vaiosina to share with her little friends at school. You would have thought that we brought those kids the world with how they reacted to a few plastic containers full of chocolate cupcakes. It was so much fun.
I decided not to care how dirty she got today and put her in one of her cute skirts only because it matched her birthday shirt so nicely. Before getting to the school, I had Vaiosina saying, "Today is my birthday!" It's the first thing she said to each person she passed by on the way to her classroom.
Our precious little lady :)
One of the teachers made her a little bunny birthday sign. So cute!
The teachers had the birthday song playing on repeat in the CD player. Vaiosina loved it! It's one of her favorite songs.
We were so surprised that she was able to keep her t-shirt clean. The tables and floors? That's another story. Happy as a clam!
Her little buddies. There were more kids on the other side of the room!
"More, please?" she asked. Chocolate...always a crowd-pleaser.
What a lovely afternoon it was.
We took her out to dinner and opened a few presents here at the house. We were able to Skype with my mom, which made the day even more special.
Thanks to all of her teachers at school and for everyone who has showered her with gifts the last few days. Thanks in advance to those who will continue to shower her with gifts over the next few days (because we are being told there are packages coming in the mail!) We are so fortunate to have loving, generous family and friends.
