Happy Birthday, Happy Juneteenth!

Yesterday as we were driving home Henry got a head start on celebrating his birthday. We were singing and he waved his arms and babbled. When we got home there was a package from my father and Mary. I put one of the outfits they sent on him this morning and stopped at the duck pond to take a photo of him. He wasn't scared of the ducks, but they didn't seem to be as aggressive as they were the last time we went.
We are having a party on Saturday, and I really hadn't thought about doing anything at the children's center. But they asked me this morning when I dropped him off if I wanted to bring anything for a party. So I bought enough cupcakes for everyone and went over there at 2 for their afternoon snack. They sang "Happy Birthday" to Henry.
I had to stay over there for a while before all the children woke up. Henry was so happy to see me, he ran to me as fast as he could (and almost tripped) and the after I picked him up he turned and started waving and saying "bye" to everyone, like he thought we were leaving. By the time I really did leave he was eating the cupcake and luckily wasn't distressed.

Oh I do want to mention that today is Juneteenth in Texas (and it's spread to some other states). On 19 June, 1865 the Union army arrived in Galveston harbor and brought the news that the slaves had been set free some two and a half years earlier by a proclamation that Lincoln had made almost three years earlier. It was of course a great celebration and the day has continued to be an important day of remembrance here.