All for the best

So, when we left off with the story, Zeke had just gotten a fun and highly contagious (to small children) virus for his birthday. While we have been doing our best to teach him to share, it seemed that we shouldn't let him share his virus. We cancelled his birthday party for Saturday and I shelved plans for treats for his class and plans for going to the children's museum or any place where he might come in contact with other little ones.

Yes, this was disappointing, but it all worked out for the best and I'm sure that Zeke would agree.

Exhibit A: On Friday night, as you have heard, Atlanta had a tornado come through. While our neighborhood was not affected, we are about two miles south of where it did strike. On Saturday the weather was also bad and at the same time we would have been serving cake, we had hail storming down. We would have had to cancel anyway.

Exhibit B: I would have wanted to cancel anyway. Zeke wasn't the only one that got sick. I had a fever for a few days and then got a rash on my hands and feet and a terrible sore throat. Despite the fact that the virus is really only for the toddler set, yours truly also seems to have gotten some version of it. It didn't last as long as his though and I developed a much stronger sense of empathy for what he was going through. Everyone is all better now.

Exhibit C: Zeke got a birthday in many parts. We had cake on his birthday, opened a few gifts, and then opened a few more over the next few days. This week, I took treats in to his class and we will reschedule the party very soon. We still have a gift left to give him even. This is the unending birthday.

Here are photos of him with his "crater" cake. I had been experimenting with a pound cake recipe that I thought I might use for his class treats. The cake collapsed and the recipe deemed wrong for class treats, but it worked out for the best. We filled the cake's crater with strawberries and Aaron frosted it with coconut cream (like whipped cream, but without the cream). Also, here is a picture of Zeke with his sick mom and one of his gifts -- I had fun getting some new pieces for his train set. Happy (as yet unfinished) birthday to my baby!