7!
seven years ago i became a mother to a beautiful baby boy. six themed bithday parties have been planned with much love, then i'm told that you are too old for a "character" party-"suprise me", he says! for more than five years you have worn charcacter underwear--currently you are deciding between boxers or briefs (the plain white ones!). you have played team sports for four years and today you got his first real little league bat, although i think we might have a pitcher on our hands! you went to three auditions this year and still aspire to be a paid actor; when the drama teacher told the cast that there would be two additional practices before the performance--you jokingly said, "well, you are going to pay us aren't you?". you grew two shoe sizes this year. one more year my life has been blessed by you, happy birthday clay!
much ado about nothing
To love another person is to see the face of God. --Les Miserables