Hayden woke up to Logan saying "Happy Birthday Hay-Hay!" It was a school day, so we all got ready. I snapped a photo of Hayden outside to capture the day. He was so excited to go to school. I surprised him and his class with a giant decorated cookie to celebrate. His teacher had given him a balloon which was tied to his chair and a funny birthday hat to wear.
Tonight we worked on a school project. Hayden had to make a small poster that will become part of a large "quilt" on his classroom wall. The poster was supposed to represent Hayden. Hayden picked out photos of himself dressing up, a photo from his birthday party and decorated the poster with his favorite candy wrappers and character stickers. It was a lot of fun. But while we were doing it, I was thinking.."how grown up are you?". He picked photos that show when he is truly himself, having a great time, being creative, being funny, laughing and enjoying life. At one point he said "thank-you mom, thank you for helping me make this, it has my favorite things on it"...at the moment I was wrapped up thinking about him and all these pictures and when they were taken and how funny he is and what a constant source of happiness he is for our entire family so I bent down and hugged him tight and barely whispered...."no...thank YOU Hayden."
Happy Birthday Hayden
Hayden at school
Giant cookie surprise
Poster by Hayden
To see birthday party photos...visit The Hayden Report
