I don't know how it happened, but Oscar will be eight today. He's not there yet, because it won't happen until 6:50 this evening. He is very insistent about this. But it will happen, despite all my protestations.
To celebrate, we started the day by bringing him breakfast in bed. Our tradition is that during breakfast, I tell him the story of the day he was born, ending with a line about how when he was ready to meet us, he appeared, never mind that it was only 20 minutes after I arrived at the hospital. Today, when I started the story, he said, "I've heard this story a million times, but I still love it." Me too, sweet boy.
There will be cake at school. The party with his friends isn't until next weekend, but we will have a family dinner with one special friend and eat macaroni and cheese and banana cream pie. At our preschool, Acorn Hill, we picked up a birthday tradition of telling a story about each year of our children's lives, and we will continue that by telling the highlights of Oscar's life so far. And we will watch a movie, Herbie the Love Bug.
I will enjoy seeing him happy, soaking in all the birthday joy. I will also be melancholy because these years are flying by so fast. Always too fast. But what a blessing it is to have this boy in our lives.
Happy birthday, Oscar!
Happy birthday, Oscar! (Lots of our favorite people are named Oscar). Eight is Great.
Posted by: susan | March 12, 2010 at 10:25 AM
Felicitations, Oscar!
HUIT ANS DEJA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love,
Fatou
Posted by: Fatou Coulibaly | March 12, 2010 at 11:32 AM
Happy Birthday Oscar! You're very blessed to have such a loving mom and dad. --All the best, Mrs. Hammond (Leah and Maya's mom)
Posted by: Sharon Hammond | March 12, 2010 at 12:03 PM
Oooohhh!....How very sweet!...He looks so much like his daddy on that first photo!...What a wonderful gift he has been!....and momi and dadi are D BEST!
Posted by: eva | March 12, 2010 at 02:27 PM
Happy birthday to Oscar! Enjoy your day of celebrations!
Posted by: Leticia | March 12, 2010 at 02:33 PM
oh my goodness....got me choked up. i remember moving in next door and meeting oscar for the first time. can't believe he was only four?!? it does go by too fast and although as a mother, i revel in seeing them grow and become their own people with their own ideas, it does make me sad to know that all of it is going by so fast. happy birthday oscar!!
Posted by: chronicles of momnia | March 12, 2010 at 06:11 PM
Happy Birthday Oscar - and yes, much as my sister notes above, many of our very favorite people in the world are named Oscar...! It does seem like yesterday when he arrived....
Sam loved being eight. He still says it was his favorite year...and he can - still - tell you why, to this day, almost twenty years later...!
Love, Patti
Posted by: Patti | March 12, 2010 at 08:43 PM
He's officially 8 now! And I get to be comment #8. I am honored, and even more honored to be auntie to such a fun little monkey. Happy Birthday, and Happy 8, Oscar!!
Posted by: Sarah | March 12, 2010 at 10:49 PM
Joyeux anniversaire! Bon Appetit!
Posted by: Olivia | March 13, 2010 at 11:13 AM