January Birtdhays
January brings the birthdays for two of the most important people in Keegan’s life: mom and McKenzie!
My birthday was on a Friday, which is always nice. We were also in the middle of a “heat wave”, with beautiful sunshine and temperatures in the middle to high 80s. Sorry everyone else in the middle of polar storms. (-:
I woke up to find a dozen of red roses and tulips. I had to work, but Matt surprised me at work with flowers and a balloon, and took me out for lunch at the Thai restaurant next to work. It was a real surprise, because he was supposed to have a work lunch, but at the last minutes it felt through. No, it was not a ruse: he really had planned a work lunch ( I was not too happy about it), and he was just lucky it got cancelled. Still, the gesture was very appreciated.
In the afternoon, he went to do some last minute birthday shopping (guys, always procrastinating), but my biggest gift was that he picked up Keegan and took him to the library, so I could enjoy some peace and quiet. I relaxed in the sun, read, and just kicked back. When the boys got back, we had a birthday celebration, and the ritual candles blowing. Keegan wrote me a really cute card, with very creative spelling (I had to ask him to translate for me), but very very sweet.
I blew my candles over delicious muffins.
The second big birthday was McKenzie’s. She had her party at the Scripps Aquarium, on another beautiful sunny day. When we arrived, Keegan had the best welcome: both McKenzie and Julia screamed:”Keegan is here!” and run to hug him. Very cute. This helped him feel a little more at home, since he was the only boy there. Well, there was also a 3 year old but I don’t think this really counted. Well, like they say in Italy, “beato fra le donne” (blessed between the women).
The party was cool. They did games and activities and learned about the coral reef…
…they got to pet a baby tiger shark…
…examine different marine specimen…
…feed the tide pool animals. Keegan did not like to hold slimy, smelly fish in his hands.
Of course, the group photo was in the courtyard, inside the shark’s mouth.
Then all the kids gathered for some delicious cupcakes and treats.What a fun way to end the month of January.
Fortunately, since he has started kindergarten, the birthday circus has slowed down, and we don’t have a party every weekend. Another good thing about kindergarten is that he has also doing lots of progress at school in general. I am very impressed by the art education they are receiving. Having helped out in the class twice, I am amazed at what great results the teacher can get from 6 years olds. Check out his first water gouache painting, a still life of an eggplant and an egg. I was amazed at looking them copy real objects, using high end, professional tools.
