We also inflated the biggest T-Rex balloon we could find, which is Malcolm’s favorite dinosaur, although he does tell me he loves all the meat eaters.
We decorated with a ton of dinosaurs and a ton of balloons. Adam loooooves to decorate and helped me put dinosaurs everywhere, these dinosaurs were clearly on a parade.
The hit of the party- a dinosaur pinata!
I was holding the pinata so no pictures of the actual event, but here are the kids scrounging for treats. One of the harder part about Randy being gone that I didn’t even think about is not having a partner to photograph all the kids milestones- I usually take the pictures while Randy holds the pinata, or Randy takes pictures while I feed the baby for the first time. But even with just me pictures still get taken and we just count the days until Randy gets home.
Soon it was birthday cake time. All of Malcolm’s friends were so excited to eat the dinosaur!
(I love Shireil, our amazing helper, she always sneaks Miral into the back of all the pictures. It is the cutest thing)
Before we knew it the party was over and our friends left. Anyone who knows me knows that I am the type of person who hates when a party is over. I always try to get some people to stay a bit so everyone doesn’t leave at once. Lately I don’t mind leaving as much because I basically travel in a party of five anyway. This time when everyone left and Randy wasn’t there to talk with about the party I really felt his absence, probably the most I have in the now two months he’s now been gone. Then it had only been three days since he left so it was all very fresh. But I wanted Malcolm to have a special day so I swallowed back my sadness. We opened up all his presents and then went for a long walk outside until sunset. And that is pretty much how I tackle all the hardest days without Randy, I get outside and spend it with the kids doing something we can all enjoy. I am for sure the luckier one this year, because as hard as it is being the only parent for all the middle of the night wakeups, all the dinners, all the baths, all the tears , I also get to spend every day with our three wonderful kids.
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