Lucy Is 7!

Lucy's 7th birthday was yesterday! It's hard to believe she's already seven! It seems as though the years just fly by! It turned out to be one of the best birthdays ever, I think! Since we are in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic and a statewide stay-at-home order, there was no way I could have a birthday party for her. This was sad to me at first because Lucy absolutely loves her birthdays and start talking about her next birthday the minute her current birthday is over!

We had been planning on a party of her to have some girlfriends over for dinner and a movie and then send them home before bedtime. Well, since that couldn't happen, I planned out a surprise birthday parade for her and asked some of her friends to drive by our house and say happy birthday. It turned out way better than I could have ever hoped for! We were busy all day with friends coming by and some of the friends even stayed and played on our driveway for a bit. That was just the best seeing the girls all playing together and knowing that they had to really enjoy playing together, too. We have been staying at home and not going anywhere since mid-March, so it was time to see people! I'm thankful that the moms who were there yesterday agreed, too!

Some of the girls brought presents (which I'd said no gifts, but am kind of glad they didn't listen to me!) and Lucy's teacher even came by to say hi. It was just the best afternoon! We had Lucy's favorite, chicken and wild rice soup, for dinner and then had a Zoom conference call with our family so they could watch Lucy open her presents and sing happy birthday to her. It was such a wonderful birthday and I know Lucy will remember it for a long time. She had no idea about the parade and was sincerely surprised as people started driving by! At one point she even said, "it's a birthday miracle!" That was just the best!

Lucy was born at 3:26pm. :)