By Cheryl

Today we celebrated Lila’s fourth birthday with special cooking project and a visit from Lila’s parents, Peter and Sarah-Lu.

Lila shows us a photo from her first year.

Sarah-Lu tells us about Lila's special kind of birth then Peter shared a father's perspective. Lila listened, transfixed.

"Nananananana! You say it's your birthday!"

We love these birthday celebrations at school!  One of my favorite parts of the ritual is the reading of the birthday wishes from the card.  All the children work to decorate the card and teachers ask each child for a special wish for the birthday.  The responses are typically full of imagination and often reflect current classroom themes.  Today, Lila was even given a special personal card that her friend Emi had made.