This past Sunday, her real birthday day day, we spent the day all together and went to the Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park. Besides Lucy wanting to be able to touch everything and not being able to, it was a great morning. We sprung for a family membership and hope to spend a few more outings there throughout the year. We didn't get her anything for a physical gift, but decided to carry on the tradition we started with our nieces of having an "experience" for special occasions in lieu of wrapped gifts. I made her a greek yogurt with honey and freeze dried fruit "ice cream" cake covered in candles, which she loved. We sang happy birthday to her all day (and to many other people that she wanted to celebrate), facetimed with family, and opened gifts that came in the mail. It was a wonderful day of celebrating and I am grateful to have spent the entire day together. Having a
birthday close to the holidays might be a drag in some ways, but when you have scroogy parents it means they have a lot more time to celebrate your birthday at this time of year because we aren't making many plans for Christmas and I am out of school. Lucy was exhausted by the end of the day from all of the fun and drifted quickly off to sleep at the end of a wonderful day.
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| Opening her only gift from us! |
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| Animal pancakes for breakfast |
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| Green macaroon at CA Academy of Sciences |
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| New pajamas from Aunt Tracy. |
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| Facetime with Grammy and Grandpy |
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| Facetime with Aunt Tracy and Baby Hawk (in her new cat robe) |
Celebrating with Jonana. She brought a new hat, bath paints, socks, and Daniel Tiger dolls. Boy, does know this kid well!
A few weeks before Lucy's real birthday, we had a small birthday party to celebrate her second rotation around the sun. Jim and I won a private music class at the Nia House silent auction and used it to celebrate her second rotation around the sun. My family from Stockton came and a few of our little neighbor friends. We had a wonderful time. Everything went smoothly and it actually calmed my end of the semester nerves to plan and execute a gathering. It wasn't as fancy and over the top as my parties once were, but it was nice and fun and low-stress. Lucy seemed to have a great time and that was my ultimate goal. She got a piano from the Hosker family and loves to play it and sing abcd's, a tisket a tasket, twinkle twinkle, or row, row, row your boat. I am glad we did something to celebrate and it was nice to do it in advance of her actual birthday.
This past Sunday, her real birthday day day, we spent the day all together and went to the Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park. Besides Lucy wanting to be able to touch everything and not being able to, it was a great morning. We sprung for a family membership and hope to spend a few more outings there throughout the year. We didn't get her anything for a physical gift, but decided to carry on the tradition we started with our nieces of having an "experience" for special occasions in lieu of wrapped gifts. I made her a greek yogurt with honey and freeze dried fruit "ice cream" cake covered in candles, which she loved. We sang happy birthday to her all day (and to many other people that she wanted to celebrate), facetimed with family, and opened gifts that came in the mail. It was a wonderful day of celebrating and I am grateful to have spent the entire day together. Having a 
A few weeks before Lucy's real birthday, we had a small birthday party to celebrate her second rotation around the sun. Jim and I won a private music class at the Nia House silent auction and used it to celebrate her second rotation around the sun. My family from Stockton came and a few of our little neighbor friends. We had a wonderful time. Everything went smoothly and it actually calmed my end of the semester nerves to plan and execute a gathering. It wasn't as fancy and over the top as my parties once were, but it was nice and fun and low-stress. Lucy seemed to have a great time and that was my ultimate goal. She got a piano from the Hosker family and loves to play it and sing abcd's, a tisket a tasket, twinkle twinkle, or row, row, row your boat. I am glad we did something to celebrate and it was nice to do it in advance of her actual birthday.
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