Janie’s birthday was filled with lots of cooking and baking of treats. Chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast, followed by presents (seven books for seven years, of course, plus her own ESV Bible and lots of legos!).
In the afternoon, we had a heavily sanitized birth-tea party with the Romine girls and Ella. I’d been really torn all week about whether it was safe and wise as we are moving toward more restrictions in Indiana, but Thursday night I discussed it with Kristin and Leslie. Our families had all basically been self quarantined since the previous week when we had our homeschool classes together, so we decided to do one last get together. Much sanitizing and handwashing before, during, and after. The girls had such a lovely time giggling together over their tea and scones and cupcakes, and it was so bittersweet to think that this scene may not happen again in this house. Janie adores her South Bend friends, and it’s hard to lose half of our time with them (will we ever live two doors down from a homeschooling family with three kindred spirit girls ever again?!). But we’re committed to keeping Annie safe and flattening the curve for everyone, so we’ll stay away from our South Bend people until we go back to Malibu, if that’s what it takes. We’re so glad that we’ll only be four hours away come fall, and we’re already planning road trip visits when it’s safe again.
And of course we had cake again with Daddy, after his homemade spaghetti for dinner. Janie said the King Arthur Flour Black Forest cake recipe was her best birthday cake ever!
