Donovan had his 5th birthday party at the Chavis Park community center near downtown Raleigh. For the first hour, Simon was just not in the mood. He didn't even want to take his coat off, let alone socialize or participate in any of the games in the gym. A lot of the kids remembered him from daycare and were coming up to say hi, but he just gave them a cold stare that said, "You're dead to me now." It was weird. Finally he warmed up enough to sit at the coloring table with Donovan.
Thank goodness Oscar was there (his youngest brother Xavier is still in daycare) to help keep Alice occupied.
After the party, all the kids wanted to go down to the playground. It was really cold (about 40 and not sunny) so we didn't stay long. But they had fun, until Simon fell off the teeter-totter and Alice got sand thrown in her eyes by another kids. Then it was time to go home.
