Last year for his birthday he asked to go to a Patriots game. The season had ended and there were no ways of getting tickets for him to unwrap. He waited patiently for a November game. Unfortunately we had a huge storm right before Halloween and most of the area lost power for days. Halloween was postponed and then rescheduled on the same night as his big game. He went to the game and Matt collected double the candy so that he would have some when he came home. Now we had moved so nobody knew Matt or Josh but they kindly gave him an extra candy at each house when he explained that his big brother wasn't able to come out. It didn't hurt that the game was playing in the background of every house too. Bummer that the Pat's lost the game:(
This year the Patriots did really great. We were offered Playoff tickets from a friend who was not able to go. We surprised Josh with an early birthday present and gave him the tickets. He was beyond shocked! He could not have been more excited. The game was amazing, close to the very end with an amazing finish. Josh said it was the best day of his life.
Having given Josh a surprise birthday present early also eased the guilt of me not being home for his actual birthday. My best college girlfriends had planned a girls weekend away the same weekend. I talked with Josh about not going so that I could be with him on his birthday but he told me he was okay if I went. I did get to attend the cake and small present ceremony in spirit. THe boys called me up, put me on speaker phone and I was able to sing Happy Birthday with everyone. Matt then narrated Josh opening a few small presents that we got him ( a couple of fun t-shirts and the famous birthday coupons that I make for the kids each year).
Here are a few pictures that Josh took from the game.
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