Seth's birthday

Seth turned 7 on Tuesday, April 15th. Today we had 7 boys over for a birthday bash...some from his class, others from church, and 2 new neighbors who he has already played with a lot. Seth helped plan a lot of the party. We went to the Riley Creek Festival on campus and jumped and slid on big inflatables. They made rockets (and watched them shoot off with the help of the science club), ate snowcones and popcorn, and played corn hole. Back at our house, we did a scavenger hunt, played the telephone game, and ate fruit roll-ups off a clothesline with no hands. Seth planned the menu of pizza, strawberries, sun chips, juice. All morning he asked how long until the party, although once he said he can't wait until tomorrow so he can stop thinking about his party all the time. While he isn't always comfortable with lots of chaos, loud noise and attention, he had a wonderful time and I think he felt affirmed by a day focused on him, a day to be reminded that he is uniquely special, a gift to many.