Beware the Ides of March!
Today is James' 5th birthday. More than any of our other kids, I mark the passage of time by James' birthdays, and I think it's for two reasons: One is that I've been working from home since before he was born (when the other two were born, I was still working an office job), and the other is because he is our last kid.
James has, of course, changed a lot over the years, but he's still very much the baby of the family -- he occasionally plays it up, but for the most part he's just very sweet and well-behaved.
For his birthday, James got what he wanted: A few DVDs and a deck of his own Yu-Gi-Oh cards, so he can play against his brother and sister. Tonight, as is the birthday tradition in our home, we will have his favorite dinner: Pizza. Later we will have cake. James asked for chocolate cake with chocolate frosting and chocolate ice cream to top it.
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Happy Birthday James! He was 2 when we came to visit you guys that Spring Break...has it really been three years? Unbelievable.
I think it took me a very long time to measure time by Melanie's birthday, although I think in time I did, regardless of whether she was last. It wasn't until I was nearly 40 that I decided she really and truly was the last child I was to have.
But since my son has already been married for 2 years and they both are interested in raising a family, I imagine it won't be too many more years before I'm a grandmother, and the relating to small children will begin again. Life is like that...happily I think.
Posted by: suellen | March 15, 2005 03:36 PM
I hope James' arm has fully recovered. Stay out of trouble in 2005, James! :)
Posted by: FC | March 18, 2005 03:06 AM