A Very Special Birthday!

Maggie has a lovie that she adores, Huggies. She's had Huggies since she was a baby and Huggies is very much a part of the family. Huggies used to travel with us everywhere. As you can imagine, Huggies was dirty most of the time. Not only did she get gross just from being out and about, but Maggie would chew on Hugs constantly so she was wet and dirty...gross combination! (We actually have 3 Huggies for washing purposes. Mags doesn't have a preference as to which one she uses.) Once Maggie started school this year, the new rule was that Huggies could only be used during naps and bedtime. The only times that Huggies leaves our house is when we go on a trip or take her to school for nap time. And that is where this story begins...

Maggie and I were walking into school on Friday just chatting about nothing when out of the blue, she told me "I think it's Huggie's birthday today." To which I replied, "It is?" She said yes and told me that she was going to tell Miss Connie and Miss Barb that it was her birthday. Right when we arrived to her classroom door, she informed Miss Connie that it was Huggies' birthday. Miss Connie, being the sweet teacher of 2 year olds that she is, played right along and asked Maggie how old Huggies was. "2, just like me," Maggie replied. So Miss Connie kept the conversation going by saying, "Well, we'll have to make Hugs a cake out of playdoh." And Maggie said, "Huggies doesn't like playdoh!" When Connie asked her what Huggies liked, Maggie said "sprinkles." And at that point I kissed Mags good-bye and told her to have a great day.

This is what I saw when I returned to pick Maggie up.

Miss Connie and Miss Barb made a huge deal out of her birthday by making her a crown and singing "happy birthday" to Huggies. Maggie could not have been more excited.

Total side note about Huggies' importance to Maggie: over the snow days, Hugs was making her way out of the bed very often. Since we were having trouble with pooping in our pants still, I told her that Hugs could not come out of bed again until she pooped in the potty. She never pooped her pants again...she loves Huggies!!