Today, after three months of counting down the days, she turned six. She woke up early and went on a treasure hunt. There were picture clues on the back of each note. The clues led her to the playhouse and a waiting pinata. “I’ve wanted one of these my entire life!” she said. She needed […]
We went geocaching for the first time today! In case you haven’t heard of it, geocaching is like going on a treasure hunt. The geocache is a container filled with odds and ends which you find either with a GPS device or by following a map. Once you find the cache, you open it, see […]
We celebrated Zia’s 6th birthday yesterday at the Carousel of Happiness. Seven kids came, with parents and presents in tow. We served pizza, lemonade, cake, and cupcakes. I applied Brave tattoos all around, and Zia handed out the treat bags. After they ate, the kids all played in the puppet theater and had a free […]
Every morning now, we count down two sets of days. One is the number of days until Zia’s real birthday, the other until the celebration birthday. For the first time, we’re having a birthday party with kids invited, which Zia has been asking about for almost a year now. I’m not much of a party-throwing […]
