Parker: "Is today a school day mom?"
Melissa: "No, it's a stay home day. Today is Martin Luther King Jr's birthday!"
Parker: "I know! Let's get him a toy from Toys R Us!"
Melissa: "What would you get him?"
Parker: "I think he would like Hot Wheels."
After we came home from playing with our fabulous friends...and seconds before nap time...
Parker: "AWE!!!! We just forgot to go to the birthday party!!"
Melissa: "Who's birthday party?"
Parker: "That one guy!"
(brief pause as I'm racking my brain)
Melissa: "You mean Martin Luther King Jr?"
Parker: "Yeah!"
Melissa: "We're not going to a birthday party for him. We just celebrate how nice of a person he was and all the good things he did."
After we decided we were going out for pizza...
Parker: "Let's get dessert, and sing Happy birthday for that guy."
Melissa and Matt: "You mean, Martin Luther King Jr."
So, today at Old Chicago, the Wilcox Family sang "Happy Birthday to Mr. King."
He would have been 80 years old last Thursday.
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