At school they celebrated making him a crown and letting him put candles on a virtual cake. I got to come into class and read Count the Monkeys by Mac Barnett. Ivan did his part repeating lines from the book and declaring that the polka dotted rhinoceroses playing bagpipes with bad breath were his idea!

After school we picked up Ivan’s friend T and went to Chuck E. Cheese to dance with a giant mouse and ride in the monster truck and play “villains” and eat pizza.

The day after his birthday I let Ivan eat cake for breakfast. He was very impressed with this and has declared cake for breakfast one of his favorite things about his birthday.