birthday a go-go!

There are a lot of moving parts to a birthday. First, on a nonschool day, came the celebration of Camilla's eleventh with a couple friends—just weeks after the celebration of Isaac's eighth. A carousel ride. Fancy ice cream sandwiches in the back yard. The other kids (and the tickets and the ice cream) picked up and delivered by Hannah and Chris.

On the night before the actual birthday, a school day, Hannah set out the presents she had wrapped and the pinata she had made.

The morning was unwrapping some presents and eating the special, now traditional, piggy pancake made by Hannah for breakfast before school. Then Camilla donned her school uniform and her crown and her mask, and Hannah walked her and Isaac to school.

After picking up the kids at the bus stop, it was time for the family party on the front porch. Cousin Madison came in from Block island. Cousins Will and Noah (originally fro Block Island) are living in Providence, as are PopPop Douglas and Lynn and Uncle Simon, and RaRa and Titi Mira. We all ate takeout burritos and chips (picked up by Chris) from ChiPOTle.

The "cake" was fancy ice cream tacos with a couple candles (representing eleven) stuck in rugelach from Zabar's. Isaac performed Happy Birthday on the ukulele (after third lesson).

Then came the pinata. Isaac and Camilla succeeded in breaking it, and even the big kids scrambled for the candy.

After all the festivities, there was last-minute homework the next morning while waiting for the bus on Hope Street. And the birthdays were over for another year. However, there are still Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Talk about organizing! It exhausts me just to think about it!