It certainly wasn't the way she had envisioned her 8th birthday, but I know that L is more than capable of seeing the forest for the trees and took this birthday all in stride like the terrific kid she is. I went out to the mall in the morning hoping that the Apple store might be open to pick up the coveted new purple Ipod nano for her birthday, but not only were they not open neither were several of her favorite stores like Disney and Claire's (which opened as we were leaving) either. Though their were a few runner-up stores open that would work in a pinch like Build-A-Bear, Pumpkin Patch and the Great American Cookie Company. So I bought a couple cute outfits and my neighbor suggested get her a quick cookie cake and I decided to load up the kids and bring them back to make bears for a makeshift party which aside from not having any of her little girlfriends there went over really well. If you have been to BAB, you know that they have you hold the bear's heart to yours and make a wish before sewing it in. To her credit, L's wish was somewhat selfless as she told daddy & me later that her wish was for power for our neighborhood. The best part of her birthday was lighting the candles on her cookie cake by our neighbor's generator powered lamps and just as we were about to sing happy birthday, the electricity came on and her wish (and ours) was granted and prayers answered! Happy Birthday, L!!
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