Party Time

Brayden has never had a friends birthday party before. For the first 2 years we did the fun family birthday parties and then for the next few years we celebrated Filipino style. We'd have families over and do a cake with ice cream and kids would run around outside but it's a little bit different. The first year we had only just moved back and when you have the cousin selection Brayden does we opted for a family party. With all the cousins I'm sure it felt like a friend party, we just had to feed all thse parents as well. :) The year after that we had only moved up to Calgary a few weeks before and so Brayden didn't have any friends to invite yet so we tried to make up for it but it was hard because we didn't have any cousins to support the cause. A bummer of living away. Thankfully Kait and Matthew came to our rescue that year and celebrated the pirate party with us. So yes, this year, Brayden got his first real friends birthday party. We had 8 - 9 years olds running wild in the house and Brayden LOVED it. They played shoot the zombies, ate pizza, had a scavenger hunt, whacked a pinata and ate ice cream cake.
I don't like to get sappy too often on my blog but it's a great thing watching your child have fun doing 'normal' things that he hasn't been able to do before. I have loved the experiences we've had and wouldn't do a thing differently but I'm so grateful that we have found such a great community to settle in and call home. Our kids (along with us) are meeting great people and making some good friends to help them through the dramas of life. I know it was just a birthday party but for me it seemed to be a whole lot more then that.