A wise young man once said "it doesn't matter as long as we're healthy, there will be birthdays next year".
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Those were the words Sam Chapman said to his mum Jenna Chapman when they were forced cancel his ninth birthday party.
The birthday boy was ready to hand out his invitations at school but coronavirus had other plans.
Instead, his only request was a Shaquille O'Neal cake that rivaled his sister's Elsa cake from earlier this year.
Having joked about the luck of the middle child, Mrs Chapman was determined to give her son an isolation birthday to remember.
“I sent a message to some of the friends who would have come asking if they could FaceTime on the day and Jess Halstead suggested a drive-by,” she said.
They agreed on a time and Mrs Chapman convinced Sam to head out the front of their home on his birthday, March 26.
“The first person drove past and they yelled out `happy birthday’," she said.
“Sam said `that's really kind’ and turned to go back inside, and I said he'd better wait.”
More and more cars started driving past covered in signs and throwing out gifts to the unsuspecting nine-year-old.
Sam said he was shocked.
“It was the best, I couldn't have asked for anything better,” he said.
“I just thank everyone who went to the effort of coming past to say happy birthday to me, it make me feel pretty special.”
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