Birthday Parties

While in the middle of finishing up several projects on the computer, my 5 year old son walks over with a pencil in one hand and a piece of paper in his other hand. He asks me to write some "letters" on the paper for him. I type on the computer with one hand while write the following on his paper, "You are invited to Jenna's birthday party." Without thinking, I hand the paper back to him and he skips off back to play.

Ten minutes later as we are heading out the door to the library, my son informs me that I need to "swing by" the post office so that he can put his paper in the mail. Again, I am busy when he announces this so without thinking I casually say that I can't do that since he doesn't have an envelope. He pauses, looks at me, and says, "Can you get me a velope?"

Finally, I take a moment and ask him what he is doing. He tells me that he wants to send an invitation to his friends to come to Jenna's birthday party. Yes, a birthday party for our dog who was born sometime around Christmas. I successfully avoided the planning of a birthday celebration for the dog by using the greatest line that is used by moms around the world, "Well, we are going to have to wait until your dad gets home and ask him what he thinks about this."