8 years old...crazy to even type that Madden is 8. Time is just flying by, even during Covid. We hadn't had any birthday party plan in motion by the time Covid hit, so Madden wasn't hugely disappointed to have to spend his Birthday Covid style. We did our best to make it the best day we could for him under the circumstances. His main thing was that he didn't want to do any school work on his birthday so he made sure to finish all his work the day before so it could be a school free day.
Jake and I decorated the whole living room to celebrate our boy.
I got up early that morning to make sure I could get to the donut shop and back home before Madden woke up, but nope...Madden was up at 5:40 AM and the donut shop opened at 6:00 AM, so no donut surprise.
Madden made a plan to open up one gift every hour.
His first gift was the one Skylar picked out for him. A WWE gift of course.
Sophie, Jess and Eric decorated the whole front of the house to surprise the birthday boy. He was happy with it.
More gift opening.
So the big thing with Covid birthdays are parades. Madden had a HUGE turn out with about 20 cars of all his friends and some family. Madden was shocked by the number of friends who came by, he even said "Mom I didn't know that many people would come." The parade was so heartwarming, I was actually tearing up seeing all our friends again. Madden said the biggest surprise was seeing Nana in the parade.
More gift opening.
His next big surprise was Lennon and Morrison coming down and surprising him. He misses his cousins a lot so it was great being able to see them even if it was from a social distance.
Sushi dinner was the birthday boys request that night.
We got both sides of the family on zoom to sing Happy Birthday to Madden.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough ice cream cake was the dessert of choice.
In the end it was a bummer to not have a fun party with all his friends and family, but he never once complained. He was happy as a clam and I promise a big redo party for the 9th for sure.
What a wonderful "8th" birthday Madden had in spite of the virus. He looked so happy in all of the pictures. The parade was so colorful and long! What a lot of friends and family turned out to wish Madden best wishes on his special day. The house decorations were amazing! Love, Grand-ma
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