Xavier Turns Seven!
Greetings to all and Happy Birthday to Xavier!
Xavier turns seven today! And has he been wanting today to arrive. He's been marking off days on his calendar for more than a month.
Nearly every day we get the question "How long until my birthday?"
Partly, I think, it's been being cooped up in the house since mid March.
He understood he would not be able to have friends over to celebrate with him. However, we did surprise him with a virtual party via the Zoom application. People from three different states joined us. We even surprised Xavier with his best friend, who lives only a few miles away, on the Zoom meeting.
All morning, Xavier kept asking when Aunt Chelle would arrive. He was excited to see her, and it meant the commencement of cake and presents.
Grampa Bill stopped by on his way in to work. He had a gift for Xavier. I did not think it possible after yesterday's arrival of the long-awaited firetruck, but Grampa Bill presented a gift that competed with the fire engine.
Our house is currently in a bit of an upheaval as we are remodeling a room. That, and it being so pleasant outside, we moved the party outdoors to the patio.
The Zoom party got under way. Happy Birthday was sang and candles were blown out (by Xavier, not the slight breeze that decided to start up).
Those who could and wanted to stay online watched as Xavier opened his other gifts. He got a very nice military grade compass and a children's book how to use it (he has wanted a compass these last three months).
He scored two chemistry sets and an optics experiment kit.
He also got a book on how to build various structures in Minecraft. I am certain Aunt Chelle's gift comes in at number 3 this year, behind the firetruck and RC car.