How to Have Fun At Some Boring Adult Thing

Yup. Have fun, will travel.

(see previous post for Ty's b-day)

Birthday Boy!

Ty's birthday was yesterday and the weather cooperated nicely! He was up and at em at his usually second after sunrise. Jim let him watch some PBS on the IPad so Marie and I could get a normal amount of sleep before we all had breakfast together. Ty had a breakfast of champions - instant mac n cheese. He entertained a few phone calls at that time too to begin his day. The previous day, his daycare celebrated with him and he sported his crown from that all morning!

After breakfast, the kids got down to business of sorting out these envelopes and wrapped gifts, making short work of that. Ty was thrilled with his robot bank, truck book, dinosaurs from Uncle Wobby and Aunt Sandra, swimming toys from Grandma Tina and dinosaur mask from sissy.

Pretty much the rest of the day was spent outside. Marie and Ty played outdoors in the AM and then the Fed Ex truck arrived with another gift. Rocket Blaster!!! Thank you Uncle Jeff. That got the neighbor kid over right away the second he got home from his soccer game. Playing with that, losing the rockets in the trees, garden and on the roof of the house took up the rest of the morning, right up until nap time.

After nap, we had Ty's favorite snack of popcorn and headed to the Choo-Choo. Ty and Marie waved to half of Traverse City as they went around and around on the "Spirit of Traverse City." Ty was thrilled with himself because, "I no think it scary any more, Momma. I LIKE IT!" After a quick trip to the beach we brought home two sandy, tired kiddos. They shared some dinner and birthday cake on the back porch before bedtime. As we gave Ty his bath, Marie decided to put herself to bed. She currently has decided to sleep on her travel cot, with a sleeping bag and her huge animal pillow rather than on her bed. This way she doesn't have to make her bed in the morning, she reasons. So, she climbed into her sleeping bad, stripped down to her skin and slept until 9:30 rather than taking a bath. She woke up, crying and confused, got her teeth brushed and story read and then back into bed!

Ty went to bed after insisting that Jim sit in the hall where he could see him. Jim obliged and then Ty woke up another 4 or 5 times, each time expecting Jim to still be in the hall. Long night for both. Again, 6am, Ty is up and raring to go. Momma took the turn this AM so Daddy could get some shut-eye. Ty, at lunch time, was starting to feel it finally...

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