When Blaine heard that the school would not be allowing the usual birthday celebrations in class with a special snack, he asked if he could invite his pod over after school for a s’more.  At first we thought it wasn’t possible to do anything during covid times, but after thinking about it a bit more we decided his idea might actually work.  So, we invited the pod of 13 kids to stop by after school on 10/7 to celebrate with Blaine.  We individually wrapped the s’mores ingredients in advance so there was no communal food, we asked that everyone wear masks except when eating, and we had plenty of sanitizer.  It went well!  We had 11 of the 13 kids stop by, I believe.

After the party Blaine and Sarah made origami yodas.

Blaine was disappointed that he had school on his actual birthday, 10/8.  We tried to make it special by letting him pick all the food.  So, we had pancakes for breakfast, Walter’s hot dogs for lunch, and dinner out at Larchmont Tavern.

Blaine’s other birthday wish was to help me cast my vote!  We carefully selected a Mister Rogers stamp for good luck, since Mr. Rogers seems like the opposite of our current president!

Then the kids helped me drop it in the nearest mailbox on the walk to dinner.

Back home we had presents and cake (chocolate chocolate ice cream cake from Longford’s, of course).  Happy birthday, Blaine!