Birthday Week

Lamar just finished his birthday week, and I would like to think it was great! I L-O-V-E birthdays....everyone's. So, I started this tradition with Lamar where he gets a birthday week. I treat him to one small, thoughtful present a day for a week until his birthday. It is so nice to have a week where he is just appreciated and special. For birthday weeks here, we have to get creative. There is not much spare money, and choices for gifts are limited. Some of Lamar's birthday week gifts this year included:

a can of pistachios......

some yummy chocolate....

An English word-find book I bought off a student of mine....

Button cactus seeds.....

His big present was a straw hat I searched high and low to find.  He bought me this great hat before we left for Peace Corps, and he has wanted one ever since then.  Unfortunately, the hat is too small for his head.  We are stretching it out right now, so hopefully it will work out well.  He needs one for when he works outside gardening and such.  It is good just to wear a hat in general here anyway; the sun is so strong.

I also baked him individual mini-cakes in tuna fish tins so that he can have birthday cake all week.  We had homemade pizza for dinner last, too.  Overall, I would say it was a pretty nice birthday week for him.  It was nice for me as well....having an excuse to spoil him and give thanks for him!