How do you celebrate a first birthday within a pandemic situation?
With lots of friends! We drew inspiration from this comic strip from Calvin and Hobbes:
The day before Sierra and Maman worked hard on a cake
We started out the morning with the king sitting in his mighty throne
We hung up some photos of the past year of his life
Sierra hid a few gifts for him downstairs. This firetruck was from Sierra. Back when she had her birthday she was so impressed by the gift that Ezra got her that she said “I want to get him a firetruck for HIS birthday.” He seemed to enjoy it!
Here’s how excited he was!
After the firetruck we decided to take a bike trek around the village
Happy Birthday song!
Maman took some nice photos of Ezra on the front lawn
Birthday smiles
We asked some friends around the house to come join the party after Ezra’s morning nap. Yes, that is a Mr. Zucchini head!
A lovely cake before Fredo and Ezra tore it apart
Some friends dropped by with some gifts and balloons!
Sierra is getting pretty good at taking photos
The birthday boy arrives!
Always the polite host, he thanks everyone for coming to his party
Everyone gets a birthday hat!
Mega balloon
Snapshot with the parents
Nabbing Maman’s hat
Maybe having the ceiling fan on wasn’t a good idea
Looks like he is enjoying it his first birthday cake!
Of course Maman will take some cake!!
Playing with a new gift
Hanging out on the playset
Baby Yoda from his great grandmothers. I should let them know that this is what they purchased for him.
In no way did that gift enter this house for me to play with. None whatsoever.
All in all, if his smile were an indication of how he enjoyed his birthday, it must have been a hit! Thanks to all who phoned, Facetimed, dropped by and sent gifts. It was much appreciated.