At DCS Montessori, the kids have a special celebration on their birthday. A candle is set up to represent the sun with signs set around indicating the months. The birthday child holds a globe and circles the sun. With each circling of the globe, the teacher, shows the class a picture of the birthday child during that year of their life. Some kids are really embarrassed by all the attention. Not my boys.
The night before his celebration, I stayed up late going through all my old pictures of Rowan. It's really amazing how much he has changed and how fast it has all happened.