It’s good to be TEN and get to celebrate your birthday all weekend long! We organized a pool party on Friday night and had all of our member friends get a reservation for a fun night of swimming and cupcakes. When we woke up on Friday it was raining – just that soggy, all day, dreary rain – and the forecast did not look good for that night. But, luck was on our side and the front moved through and we ended up having the perfect night for the pool! Hooray!

We even got a rainbow!

Unfortunately, this is 2020 and things just don’t seem to be going right this year. As soon as we got to the pool, Maxwell said he could feel a headache coming on. He kept insisting he was fine but I could see in his eyes that he was not fine. I found him some advil and got some caffeine in him but, as the migraines tend to do, he got sick…in the towel bin. Poor, poor kid. As often happens with his migraines, after he threw up, he felt so much better so we stayed, he got some ice cream, and was able to swim. Unfortunately, we had to cancel his much anticipated sleepover with his friend, Max, that night. I knew he was going to need a good night’s sleep so we decided it was best to reschedule that. He was so disappointed but took it in stride. I sure do love this kid.

On Saturday night, he got to have a few friends over to play Fortnite and eat Shake Shack. But, again, because it’s 2020, things didn’t quite work out the way he hoped and one of his best buddies had to cancel at the last minute because of a runny nose. Everyone is (understandably) being super cautious these days and it was the right thing to do but, again, it meant disappointment for my birthday boy. He once again took it in stride. This is the only pic I got from that night…ha!

Overall it was a fun weekend that was *almost* just as we had planned. There was more celebrating on Sunday and will share tomorrow!