On December 29th Nora Lee turned 6 years old. We had just returned from spending Christmas in Florida and planned to have a low key family birthday and then to celebrate with friends two weeks later when everyone returned from their holiday adventures.
Nora Lee's request on that day was to go to Whimsic Alley, a fabulous Harry Potter/fantasy shop in Los Angeles. They have goodies from Harry Potter, Twilight, The Hobbit, etc. They have amazing toys and candies and put on fun events throughout the year, such as a Harry Potter Yule Ball.
A few weeks later, Nora Lee invited a handful of her friends and their families over to our house for a celebration. Her desire was to play games, have snacks, cake and ice cream, and a talent show. This last request worried me, a talent show? Do people do talent shows at birthday parties? Would people want to perform? I realized that even if Nora Lee and Matt were the only two acts, that would be just fine. When the time came, almost everybody performed! It was one of the sweetest things I've seen in a long time. Nora Lee did a magic show, Grandma sang "Once Upon a Dream" from Sleeping Beauty, Dario did magic, people sang songs. It was such an important lesson to me to trust and let go. If I would have put the kibosh on the talent show idea out of fear, we all would have missed this incredible sweetness. Nora Lee and I had been inspired that morning to make bags of popcorn and so when the show was going on, people even had a snack!
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| Nora Lee's excited, the party's about to start! |
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| Matt is explaining the "dress-up relay" |
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The relay in process
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