A most Seussical day

One day last week Connor came home from school thrilled to have learned that March 2 is Dr. Seuss' birthday. He insisted we celebrate the day in a big way. So, I tried my best. Really, though, it is so much easier to get into things when the kiddos get excited and help to carry the momentum. So yesterday was the big day, and we partied throughout the day.

For breakfast we had - what else? - Green Eggs and Ham.

At lunch, we had a party on the deck in which we read all of our Dr. Seuss books. Connor reports that his favorite is One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, while Isabel's is Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You?

During dinner we watched Horton Hears a Who (we love that movie!). It's a rare treat for the kids to get to watch dinner while eating, it's pretty much a no-no in our house.

And after dinner we ate the One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish cupcakes that we had made. The red fish is of course a Swedish Fish, the others I crudely fashioned out of AirHeads candy. It worked.

The kids thoroughly enjoyed the day; Connor especially was most pleased and declared it the "best birthday ever." He also really thought Dr. Seuss was actually going to attend our party. Seriously. In the morning while I was talking on the phone to my sister he came in the room and asked, "are you talking to Dr. Seuss?" And when the doorbell rang later, he ran to the door exclaiming, "is Dr. Seuss here?" I then had to gently remind him that Dr. Seuss would not be coming as he had, in fact, passed on from this life. He handled the news pretty well.