I stayed in bed forever on Friday morning, trying to figure out how I could manage to bring cupcakes to school for Ruthie’s birthday.
Because Ruthie told her teacher I was bringing cupcakes to school for her birthday… and didn’t tell me.
But truth be told, it wouldn’t have mattered if she told me days in advance. I’d still be laying in bed on Friday morning wondering how the cupcakes would arrive at school in time for the party.
I’m terrible at planning things. I wait until the last minute, throw stuff together haphazardly, and hope for the best.
Like today, for instance. I had forty-five minutes to find two and a half dozen cupcakes, but apparently I live in a cupcake blackout zone. Two neighborhood grocery stores didn’t have cupcakes at all, a third had enough bite-sized cupcakes for $50, and the place I called in Belltown was happy to sell me cupcakes for $35 a dozen.
What the WHAT?
Bryan and I finally drove (all the way out!) to Ballard (practically the suburbs!) and bought two and a half dozen cupcakes for $18, drove (all the way!) back to Queen Anne, and made it to the party with five minutes to spare.
These are the adult beverages we consumed at 2:30 in the afternoon following our harrowing adventure.
Earlier in the day, while still hiding in my blankets and wondering how it was all going to work out, I read this:
Long, long ago [God] decided to adopt us into his family through Jesus Christ. (What pleasure he took in planning this!) He wanted us to enter into the celebration of his lavish gift-giving by the hand of his beloved Son. (Ephesians 1:3-6 MSG)
What a pleasure he took in planning it!
He wanted to celebrate with lavish gift-giving!
I always end up turning happy occasions into a stressful obstacle course of doom, but God provides a great example of celebration and generosity. This birthday season (March Madness!), I want to take pleasure in planning a lavish gift-giving celebration for my kids!
We had cupcakes last week for Isabelle’s birthday this year too! Her request. Must be the hot new birthday thing that kids just know through special messages translated through the air that we are too old to hear. Anyway, I am sure you don’t want to contemplate that 2 boxes of cake mix and a couple tubs of frosting would have probably been less than $10 and taken less time to make than you spent searching. 🙂 I tease you only because I have been there and spent the $50 out of total desperation. Enjoy your birthday celebration.