This year Terrence attended for the first time.

We agreed he would come for the afternoon, help set up the tables, and leave before the sleepover games began.

He arrived early with paper plates and a box of balloons rather than a parade of gifts.

Wyatt assigned him the task of building a cardboard solar system for the space-themed corner.

Terrence followed directions so carefully that Wyatt finally said, “You can make some choices yourself, you know.”

Terrence laughed.