David turned 40 on April 3rd, just a few days after we moved in. I felt like a horrible wife for not bringing him a cake mix and some candles. The boys, however, were completely undaunted. They decided to have a parade for him. Seth composed a chant for the parade about how wonderful Daddy is, and they collected sticks from the walking path behind our complex to make the flags.
At home, we always put the birthday presents on the hearth. There is no hearth here, but they improvised. They put the presents they had created on the bottom edge of the windows in front of our couch. I couldn't get too sad about the lack of our own hearth with them being so willing and happy to improvise.
I couldn't find him a convincingly chocolatey dessert when I went grocery shopping, but the next day, our air shipment arrived. Praise be to God, I had put in some Ghiradelli brownie mixes. He got his birthday chocolate dessert a day late. :)
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