Modern Mom - Happy Birthday Nobody

The other day my son’s kindergarten was cancelled for teacher meetings. Having just returned from a business trip, I planned to take the day off of work and spend some one-on-one time with him. Since summer has finally arrived, I had all kinds of plans: we’d go to the pool, have a picnic, play outside, and go out for ice cream. If there was time left over, we might even squeeze in some miniature golfing. Well, you know what they say about the best laid plans. We woke up that morning to cold, drizzly weather. And if that wasn’t enough to throw us off track, neither one of us was feeling well.

I figured we may as well use the unexpected free time to get some grocery shopping done (I know, I know, not quite as fun as swimming or mini-golf). There we were, trudging through the aisles, when my son spotted the cake mix and suggested we spend the afternoon baking a cake. I readily agreed —– any excuse to eat chocolate frosting. He asked me whose birthday it was, assuming it must be somebody’s birthday if we were baking a cake. When I told him it was nobody’s birthday, he decided we would make a “happy birthday nobody” cake. And did we ever. Frosting, sprinkles, glitter, and M&Ms decorated our masterpiece. Truth be told, it looked atrocious but tasted delicious. The best part was how much fun we had making it. We had our cake and ate it too, and I’m eagerly waiting the next dreary day: what better time to hold a “happy birthday nobody” party?