Maybe I should explain, she has more than a few imaginary friends. There is Birdy, Baby Dumbo and Princess Kitty Cat. I think that there are more, but they only visit. The most important of all her imaginary friends is Nemo. She takes him everywhere, he does everything with her. She loves him. I have sat on him once.... she didn't like that.
This year Paige wasn't done with birthdays after her birthday, Christmas (Jesus' Birthday), Uncle Mark's and mine. So in mid January she started to plan Nemo's Birthday. He needed a cake, presents, balloons and most importantly a birthday card.
She would pick things out in the store. I mean she did this for weeks. Picked out card after random card sure that this was the one Nemo wanted. There were Bunnies, one for a 50 year old, boy cards and girl cards. If she was near a card section she wanted to pick out a card.
Then there was the......
"Nemo wants this beautiful bear, for his birthday."
"Nemo wants that pretty dress,.... for his birthday."
"Don't forget Nemo's Birthday card, MOM!"
It was everywhere. I was going crazy. Finally, I joked with Andrew one night that we should really just thow this thing and get it over with. We could do it on the cheap. It would be no big deal.
It is settled, we're going to do it. That will make all this talking about Nemo's birthday stop.
We set a day (some friend were going to spend the whole day with Paige), and went out to get a few supplies.
We needed: Cake, Cards, Balloons, Party Plates and Cups (Less dishes this way), Party hats (had to be convincing). IT should be SIMPLE.
I let Paige pick out what she wanted Brownie Cake with frosting, Card supplies (so her friends could make cards too), Dino plates and blue cups, and Sporty party hats. Found a banner that was extra..... but it was cute ( forgot the Balloon anyway). This was going to be a great party for Paige's imaginary friend.
Paige and her REAL friends had so much fun. They made cards, picked out of Paige's toys for gifts. We sang him Happy Birthday. It jsut so happened to be the weekend her friends were moving away, so it was an unstated moving away party. And was needed.
I've learned that Paige can drive me crazy enough to just throw caution to the wind and let go. I am glad that we ran that errand and planned something out of the ordinary.
But that I should have saved the supplies..... I guess that Birdy's Birthday is coming soon too.
