The Birthday Party Planner

    Yesterday morning, Keith went in later than usual which thrilled the girls. They don't usually see him until he gets off in the evening. Somehow, by intuition or something, Evelynn knew that it was Keith's birthday. She sang out the first 'Happy Birthday!' and was delighted that it was someone's birthday and that would be her Daddy.

    No sooner had Keith left for work, Evelynn called a meeting. "We need to make Daddy a cake." And she had it all planned out. It had to be chocolate. And she really, really, REALLY wanted it to be in the shape of a dragon. Toothless (from How to Train Your Dragon) to be exact. I agreed to the chocolate and added the idea of peanut butter frosting, but wasn't so keen on a dragon shaped cake. There were other things to accomplish before his return home.

    The lack of a dragon-shaped cake did not slow Evelynn's planning down any and she quickly thought to put her 'Toothless' toy on the cake. She went on a rampage looking for her dragon. Digging through one basket she found two of her other dragons and insisted they had to be present for the birthday. She finally found Toothless, but his wings were missing. It was a near crisis, but she was vigilant. She eventually found the wings and could not wait to see the cake.

    Then Evelynn asked me who was coming to his party. Well, we weren't exactly having a full blown party, but told her I would call some friends of ours to see if they would swing by for cake. Evelynn, the party planner, was pleased and began counting down to Daddy coming home. She even cleaned her room and was quite upset when Caelan messed it up a little by playing with her Barbies. Keith finally came home and our friends came over. Evelynn was beside herself with excitement and was so glad to plan this for her Daddy. The evening was a success and Keith and I have marvelled at the nature of her heart and her party planning abilities.