(See Lucy's cousin in the background? Isn't it wild how they look so much alike?)
This year, when Lucy and I talked about her birthday party, she discussed dancing and dressing up, but it always came back to water balloons. You see, when school got out for the summer months ago, there was an afternoon where she sat on a curb with her friend, DJ, and watched as some of the big kids in the neighborhood had a water balloon fight. DJ and Lucy, being three, were understandably not invited to participate.
"Water balloons, Mom. And I want to invite Megan, and Jake and Izaak, and Mina, and Kelli Jo, and Zoey, and Chloe, and Aiden and Bri, and Ashlie, and Kailee, and Kirstie, and Ben and Jack and Caed and Natalie and Lia and David and Suzanny and Kaitlin and Kelsie and Ava and Addison and....."
We had a "Birthday Fair." Very loosely organized. (I didn't even get around to sending out invitations. I texted, e-mailed and made calls to invite everyone. I won't do that again.)
We had lots and lots of kids, bathing suits and sunscreen, a gigantic blow-up water toy/slide (thanks, Stakebakes), trampoline, tickets that kids used to pay for "a fishing" pond, face painting (thanks, Monica), body tracing, otter pops, frozen gogurts, animal crackers, balloons, and water balloons. Lucy's favorite part was the water balloons (thanks, Mary).
When I asked her which party she liked more--her birthday fair with all the kids and pandemonium, or her 3rd birthday party, where we kept it small and decorated aprons, made pitapizza, and frosted cupcakes, she told me that she liked the pizza party more.
We finished cleaning up all traces of the birthday fair yesterday (Sept. 5th). Funny, isn't it? Oh well. If I missed the mark for Lucy's ideal birthday party, then I made strides in neighborhood unity. Pretty much all kids ages 3 - 13 were there from our neighborhood. I wanted it that way because Lucy ends up playing so often with the bigger kids. The big kids helped and got to play, too.
At the doctor Lucy weighed 34lbs. and measured 38.5 inches tall. This puts her in the 25th and 25th percentile for girls her age.
At the doctor Lucy weighed 34lbs. and measured 38.5 inches tall. This puts her in the 25th and 25th percentile for girls her age.
