Birthday Party Adventures
The Invitation
At church on Sunday, Mikey’s friend Matthew told him he would be invited to his birthday party on Friday. After church Mikey went running over to Matthew’s mom and said “Sister Larson, THANK YOU so much for INVENTING me! I’m so excited!”
The Anticipation
Every single morning this week Mikey comes upstairs and in to my room and says “Mom is it Friday yet?” and when I say no, not yet, he responds “But WHY? I want it to be Friday RIGHT NOW!”
The Presents
We went to the dollar store and I told Mikey he could pick out some things for Matthew. Mikey told me he wanted to get “a bubble machine for Matthew and a bubble machine for me”. I let him get ONE for Matthew and the other things he got were sidewalk chalk with a caterpillar chalk holder, and a gun that shoots bugs out of it. You’d think he was a little boy or something.
The Culmination
The big event was today. All day long Mikey told Lexi that she couldn’t come to the party because she had to have a nap (which was true) and Lexi was NOT happy about that. I picked Mikey up from the party and asked if he had fun, to which he replied “That was my BEST birthday EVER Mom!”
p.s. In this picture he had his face painted as a bear and his mouth is full of candy he got at the party. He was quite proud of himself.
August 22nd, 2008 at 6:03 pm
he has a look of pure joy on his face.
August 22nd, 2008 at 9:50 pm
cute little boy.
August 23rd, 2008 at 7:03 pm
Jodi - I love that you recognize just how adorable these seemingly small interactions with our children actually are…
I love being around these little people. I am delighted with their genuine humility, in finding true joy in life.
There is so much that we as big people can learn from these little ones.
tDMg
LdsNana
August 24th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
Jodie
Your bear lake family reunion post had me cracking up! Thanks for the stories.
August 25th, 2008 at 1:22 am
Tami, I’m glad you liked it. I just tell it like it is and I think anyone who is a parent can relate to my stories
Kathryn, This is one of the main reasons I wanted to start this mommy blog. I would tell my husband all these stories at the end of the night and we’d always say “We need to write that one down and remember it”. Well finally I am doing it!
August 28th, 2008 at 9:38 am
Hi Jodi — cute kid!!
Your respose to a corporal punishment thing.
If your kids misbehave at home, they sure will do so at school.
Let the school punish them, same as the other kids.
But get them to use a CANE instead of a PADDLE — it is less likely to cause damage, and it has the advantage of stinging more!