Monday, October 17, 2011

Dopey Mom Moment: The Poohs' Birthday Party

As I've mentioned before, Nathan has two very special Poohs, Bangy-Nose Pooh and Squishy-Nose Pooh.  From time to time, Nathan tells us that it is the Poohs' birthday, probably because the first time he told us that we went out and got cupcakes to celebrate. 

This past Friday, which was October 14, Nathan told me it was the Poohs' birthday.  I decided to settle the matter once and for all by Googling "When is Winnie the Pooh's birthday?"  And, against all odds*, October 14 actually is the officially listed birthday for Pooh, because the first Winnie the Pooh book was published October 14, 1926. 

The Pooh brothers were turning 85!

It was not convenient for us to have the Poohs' party on their actual birthday, but we told Nathan that the next day we would get lunch and treats from Culver's and have a small party for the Poohs. 

After his soccer game, Nathan insisted on changing out of his uniform and into "party clothes," which apparently included Halloween socks that he wore on his hands as some sort of glove-like garment. 

Nathan gave the two Poohs the card he had made them, as well as their gifts, honey and sweetened condensed milk.  In the Winnie the Pooh book where Pooh gets stuck in Rabbit's hole, his increased girth is caused by eating honey and sweetened condensed milk.  I guess maybe sweetened condensed milk as a topping for toast is a thing in England?  Or in the Hundred-Acre Wood? 

Squishy-Nose Pooh is on the left and Bangy-Nose Pooh is on the right.  

Here they are with their gifts and their special birthday treat:


Here they blow out their candle:

Nobody knows what their birthday wish was, but it was probably more honey.

As the Poohs' dad, Nathan photographed their birthday party with this teeny-tiny camera:




Just to give you a better look at the stylish Halloween sock-hands:


Blurry but adorable:


Let's all wish the Poohs a very happy, "No bother" birthday! 

*Obviously the odds of it actually being Pooh's birthday that day were 1 in 365, or 1 in 365.25 if you're going to get all technical about leap years. 
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1 comment:

Maria The Mum said...

I love that you had a Pooh party! That is one lucky little boy you have there...and two lucky Poohs!!!