Six years ago we left the hospital with our baby boy. After the beauty of his birth and the exquisite privacy and interiority of the few days that followed, the world seemed completely new as we drove home. The road was filled with cars still and I didn’t understand why. It was Super Bowl Sunday and I couldn’t believe that they hadn’t called it off—that the world was still going on. Didn’t they all know that our baby had been born? Wasn’t the world completely new to everyone? No, but it sure does feel that way when you bring home a baby.
We didn’t really have a birthday party this year—just a Wii playdate. He requested Star Wars cupcakes with little Luke Skywalker flags. I made Barefoot Contessa’s coconut cupcakes sans the coconut and he asked that I hang the birthday banner—the plastic banner I bought at the Dollar Store three years ago and have hung every year. But I threw it out last year because it was all wrinkly. So I had to think fast and I whipped up this 12 minute birthday bunting with felt and fabric scraps. It was super easy because of the lack of order or straight lines! I just cut random triangles, zigzaged some black and white fabric to a few of the triangles, and attached t-shirt yarn string at each end. Very festive and easy and weirdly hip even though that wasn’t my goal.
Happy Birthday Ro!! And WOW your kitchen is clean 🙂
-Sharon