Day 20:
Today Baby J is four weeks old! We make a pretty big deal about birthdays ( and really anything worth celebrating) in our family. If we could celebrate birthdays for a week, I would. Recently my daughter threw a fit after her birthday about not getting enough presents, which was very much not true. My Cambodian guilt kicked in and I felt the need to help the girls understand how much we have. I found an organization called Pop Up Birthdays that provides personalized birthday boxes for kids in foster care that may not otherwise get to have a celebration. This allowed us to have a healthy discussion about how some kids don’t even have the means to have parties, much less have gifts. The program requires donors to provide a “party in a box” with a theme of the child’s choosing, party décor, favors, snacks, and a gift that the kid wants, needs, and reads. The girls have already asked to do another box- so we may do them for the months of their birthdays.
Positive Thought of the Day: Having everything we need and its a long weekend with a lot of family time planned!
