Ah, April. Three birthdays, and this year somebody decided to throw Easter in to the mix, so this has been a two birthday, one holiday weekend. Emi had a great birthday party, with seven 10 year old girls who didn't stop running until 10:30 pm, when Aaron gave them the 'time to quiet down' growl. And then they woke up at 4:30 am and I gave them the 'go back to sleep or I'll be murderous' lecture, and they went back to sleep for a couple of hours. Fun for all, and a bunch of really nice girls. It's good to see those sorts of friendships develop.
Charlie's birthday party was Friday, at Leilani Park, with epic games of kick ball and Aaron grilling burgers for what must have been hours. It's always a bit hard to follow up Emi's birthday, but Charlie is developing his own circle of buddies from school, which is nice to see. Saturday Aaron and I went out to dinner (my birthday, no clean-up) and then I stuffed Easter Eggs before going to bed.
Right now the neighbor boys are over and the kids are all playing Wii (continuing kudos to Grandma Judy and Grandpa Bill....that machine gets some serious mileage) and chatting. The neighbor kids all came over for the first egg hunt of the day, and spent an hour running around the yard, then another half hour exchanging candy. Now they are in the other room and all so cheerful, racing Mario Cart. Often times the boys bring their remotes over, after they got a Wii for Christmas, and the kids all race or play Super Mario. They all talk the whole time, sometimes fight, but mostly tease and cheer. In about 35 minutes we'll go over to their house for the second egg hunt, that they host at their place. Then we'll have an easy lunch here. With all the birthdays and prep, I decided to have ham sandwiches for lunch. With presliced ham.
I'll post some pictures soon.
Charlie's birthday party was Friday, at Leilani Park, with epic games of kick ball and Aaron grilling burgers for what must have been hours. It's always a bit hard to follow up Emi's birthday, but Charlie is developing his own circle of buddies from school, which is nice to see. Saturday Aaron and I went out to dinner (my birthday, no clean-up) and then I stuffed Easter Eggs before going to bed.
Right now the neighbor boys are over and the kids are all playing Wii (continuing kudos to Grandma Judy and Grandpa Bill....that machine gets some serious mileage) and chatting. The neighbor kids all came over for the first egg hunt of the day, and spent an hour running around the yard, then another half hour exchanging candy. Now they are in the other room and all so cheerful, racing Mario Cart. Often times the boys bring their remotes over, after they got a Wii for Christmas, and the kids all race or play Super Mario. They all talk the whole time, sometimes fight, but mostly tease and cheer. In about 35 minutes we'll go over to their house for the second egg hunt, that they host at their place. Then we'll have an easy lunch here. With all the birthdays and prep, I decided to have ham sandwiches for lunch. With presliced ham.
I'll post some pictures soon.
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