As of right now, Smallsteps is not only officially Seven, but also technically seven, as it was around this time that she was born in the hospital. Maybe being born in the evening is why last night she woke up at 2am when I was going to bed, then didn't sleep until 430am, then after I fell to sleep at 500am, she was up an hour and a half later already, raring to go.
She is ill with a flu.
Lucky.
Not nice for a birthday, but she managed through the day, though her parents are well worn out after such a poor night's sleep and then all the prep in the morning for nearly twenty guests to have coffee and cake. My wife baked a few pies and a chocolate slice, and she also ordered a specialty cake.
A mouse.
Smallsteps has been "playing mouse" for so long, that I suspect she is going to start identifying as one officially and demand a special Olympics for herself, and all the other rodent identifiers.
It was funny last night when I put her to bed though, because I did something silly and said that "this will be the last time I kiss you as a six year old" - and she started crying...
I don't want to get old!
No one does honey. No one does.
Yet, whilst we live, there is no stopping it. Which is why I wanted to start taking a family portrait on her birthday, starting this year. This means that every year that we are able, we will see how the three of us age together.
As you can see, two of us are well-aged, like fine wine.
Or is it whine?
Whichever it is, at least one of us could do with eating a bit less cake. Though today I decided not to worry too much about that and just try to enjoy the day. And, since I can't talk to most of the guests since they don't speak English and my Finnish is very bad, all I had to do was make sure that there was enough coffee and eat. I successfully managed both.
Smallsteps got some good gifts this year, as other than the watch phone (which sounds like something from an old Bond film) we got her, she also got a school desk, some school supplies and a 12x pass to go to a swimming pool, which is great - because that comes with a couple hours of babysitting each time she goes.
And, an awesome Lego kit to build from 
As I was saying in another post, having her birthday at this time of year means that needs become presents, which I am well okay with and for now, so is Smallsteps. She likes getting things that she is able to use for some purpose like the desk, and she will enjoy setting up her belongings and school books into their places as I did as a kid. Organizing a room used to be fun.
But, what isn't going to be fun is that tomorrow is my wedding anniversary and I haven't got anything for my wife, so my face looks like the cake after twenty people had a go at the back end.
Perhaps I will make a "free hugs" card.
I was going to organize a date night, but my wife got ill and is still so, and likely I am going to get it eventually too, so I assume we will just raincheck it this year instead. Maybe get some hot wings.
We do have some pie left over also...
How was your weekend?
Taraz
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