My crazy little Monster turned 4 a few days ago. I was hosting Joy School this week and had planned a big party for him during Joy School. We were going to play games, have cupcakes, and let all the kids dress up. Monster was really looking forward to Joy School and to his birthday Party, and then COVID-19, aka 'Rona, decided to sweep the nation and make it so no one could come over. Starting on Monday, Social Isolation was started, businesses started closing their doors, and people stopped leaving their houses. The numbers were very quickly beginning to rise in Germany, more than double every few days. I asked the moms if they still wanted to do Joy School and Monsters party, but everyone was a little apprehensive. Poor Buddy Buddy was excited and kept asking when his friends would come over; try explaining a world pandemic to a 4 years old. Needless to say, he didn't really understand and was so sad his friends did not come over. Little did we all know that this social isolation would continue for the next few months. We didn't know at the time that last week was the very last week of Joy School for the year. Last week was the last week of school for all the kids as they knew it. Last week was the last time we would see our friends for a long while.
We still had a small family party for Monster. We had his favourite meal for dinner, pancakes with strawberries and whipped cream. He absolutely loved whipped cream, and would be just as happy just having whipped cream for dinner. We used the Disney's Cars plates, cups, and napkins that I bought for his little party. Monster actually picked out the plates, cups and napkins himself.
Monster requested strawberry cupcakes, so we stuck two candles in two cupcakes for him. He even had a huge strawberry on one of the cupcakes. Normally, I would have done a cake, but since he was supposed to have a bunch of little friends for his Joy School party, cupcakes are always easier with the little people. Instead of having all of his Joy School friends for a party, he only got 'Rona ruining his party. Luckily, we made the best of it and he still had a great family party.
Monster was especially excited about all his gifts. He loves cars, and all things with motors and wheels. Kevin loves shopping for Monster because Kevin loves cars and he just goes to the store and asks himself what he would want to play with. Kevin picked out a really cool remote control car for Monster. The car that has huge wheels so if it bumps into something it can just go over it, or will bump it and turn upside down and turn around. The car it pretty indestructible, which is exactly what our little Monster needs. He spent the rest of the evening playing with all his cars. In the end, he had a great birthday despite the circumstances in the world. I'm glad we were able to still make this day special for him.
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