Hippo Birdie Two Ewes, Kouryou-chan!
Nov. 12th, 2004 11:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elfsWell, today marks the end of Kouryou-chan's fifth orbit around Sol. She was lying in my arms this morning in the rocking chair, our usual morning ritual for waking up, and I whispered, "What day is today?"
"It's my birfday!"
"How old are you today?"
"Five years old!" She was very proud of that fact, despite her being otherwise half-conscious. I made her a breakfast of bran muffins and a yogurt smoothie and then we headed out to her school. After a few minutes of waiting around, Omaha and I went in to the class to have a "birthday celebration," a short fifteen-minute ritual in which the teacher discussed her accomplishments throughout her five years while she held a globe of the Earth and walked around a candle five times. It was very cute.
Now I have to get everything ready for the party tomorrow. Stop by the party store to pick up decorations and serving settings, arrange a cake somehow (I have two means, but neither has gotten back to me yet), and get gifts. I'm about to go crazy.
"It's my birfday!"
"How old are you today?"
"Five years old!" She was very proud of that fact, despite her being otherwise half-conscious. I made her a breakfast of bran muffins and a yogurt smoothie and then we headed out to her school. After a few minutes of waiting around, Omaha and I went in to the class to have a "birthday celebration," a short fifteen-minute ritual in which the teacher discussed her accomplishments throughout her five years while she held a globe of the Earth and walked around a candle five times. It was very cute.
Now I have to get everything ready for the party tomorrow. Stop by the party store to pick up decorations and serving settings, arrange a cake somehow (I have two means, but neither has gotten back to me yet), and get gifts. I'm about to go crazy.
