Poppa’s Birthday
October 17th, 2008In the morning, Lilly gave me her card and an additional letter detailing how she didn’t have time to buy me a present but that it didn’t matter anyway and that the important thing was how much she loved me. The first line of the note read: “Poppa rocks!” Maeve wasn’t done with hers and was very upset until I was able to convince her that she’d have plenty of time after school before I got home from work. By the time I got home from work, she not only had the card done, but both girls had made my favorite Chocolate Chip Date Cake and were getting ready to put it in the oven. Despite Lisa’s misgivings about the quality of the workmanship, it was delicious. Happy birthday to me. (Come to think of it, reading Harry Potter to them, like every night, was gift enough.)