Dearest Calvin,
Today is your birthday! Today you are 7! It's hard to believe that the little baby we took home from the hospital is growing up into such a nice, young boy. You have a zest for life and learning and we love it! You are inquisitive about so many wonderful things and really enjoy learning about science topics, like dinosaurs, animals, and space.
Today is also Solar Eclipse day. The first Solar Eclipse that the United States has seen in many years. That's kind of neat that your birthday ended up being the day of the Solar Eclipse. We watched it live on the NASA streaming page and went outside and looked at crescent shadows on the ground. We watched the world turn a little bit darker in our town, but not completely because we weren't in the path of totality.
Saturday was your party, an ocean themed party. You had so many nice friends come for the party. It was a fun time and there are some pics of your cake (which was decorated partially by you) and the games played.
This year you start 1st grade and we are so excited for the things you will learn. We love you so much Sonshine!
All our love,
Mommy, Daddy, Mia and Asher
The octopus was intended as a bean bag toss game, but then you and your friends quickly figured out that it was perfect as a stage prop for taking pics in!
