Wendy opened her eyes, and Larry in her arms was still sleeping.
His small mouth was open. She didn't know what sweet dreams he was having, but his eyebrows and the corners of his mouth were all raised.
Afraid of disturbing Larry, she got up very gently and put his little feet, which were stretched out outside, back under the covers before changing clothes and going to wash up.
It's a beautiful day outside the window, and the morning light was running in as energetically as a deer. Today was Saturday, not a special day, but Wendy was startled when she looked at the calendar and pursed her lips slightly.
After kissing Larry, Wendy went downstairs to get busy in the kitchen.
Half an hour later, the father and son went downstairs one after another, and the family of three sat around the table.
After Larry climbed to the dining table, he looked at the plate in front of Wendy, and then the plate in front of Charlie. He blinked his big eyes in surprise and said, "Wendy only cooked noodles for me."
"Yes!" Wendy curled up the corners of her mouth and touched Larry's head. "Sweety, this is different from what you ate before. This is longevity noodles!" "Longevity noodles?" Larry looked confused.
"It's the noodles you'll eat on your birthday!" Wendy explained to him. "Because if you eat longevity noodles on your birthday, you'll be healthy."
Larry cocked his head and said softly, "But it's not my birthday yet!"
Although he was still a child, he had known long ago what a birthday was, because there would be a lot of people giving him gifts on each year's birthday. Grandpa would also give him a red packet that was bigger than his face. It's just that, as he counted his little white fingers, there were still days to go!
"No, sweety, it's your birthday today!" Wendy shook her head with certainty.
When she got up, she looked at the calendar, which just happened to be the day when she gave birth to Larry four years ago.
And every year since then, on this day, she had mourned the loss of her baby, but now it's different, her Larry was still alive and well in front of her, so she can celebrate his birthday now.
Charlie, who was sitting across from her, understood what was going on.
"Larry, it's your birthday." Putting down the fork in his hand, he also said to his son, "From now on, your birthday will change to this day."
Although Larry didn't understand, when he saw Wendy's eyebrows, he immediately nodded and said, "I see!"
Then, he lowered his head and ate the longevity noodles.
After breakfast, Wendy stopped the tall figure who was about to go upstairs and said, "Charlie, I want to celebrate Larry's birthday."
This was the first time she was celebrating her son's birthday, so she didn't want to be perfunctory.
"What's your plan?" Charlie turned around and leaned against the armrest.
"Well..." Wendy pondered. "Actually, I don't really have anything in mind, but I'm not planning any big parties, I just want to take him out for a day for fun!"
"That sounds nice." Charlie nodded with pleasure.
Wendy thought for a moment and said, "How about taking him to the amusement park?"
They had already taken Larry to the zoo and he was happy all day long, and he would have been even happier at the amusement park. When she was very young, when she was still living in the Lim family, her mother used to take her to the amusement park on her birthdays.
Once the decision was made, they left soon without much delay.
Wendy went back to the room and changed Larry into a cartoon outfit. The family of three then drove out of the yard.
Because it was a weekend, and because it was outdoors, there were a lot of people at the amusement park, but most of them, like them, were moms and dads who came with their kids, bought tickets and entered the park.
Before Larry met Wendy, Larry was very withdrawn, and Charlie was so busy with his work that Larry rarely came to such places.
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