FORTY-TWO

 

Theo's birthday morning started with a bike ride to the donut store.

2022 week forty-two

Grandma came over for the very balanced breakfast Theo requested: bacon, sausage, and donuts. 

That afternoon Theo had a Lego party. We borrowed a baby pool and filled it with all the Legos we owned for the kids to swim in and build with. 

Then there was pizza and Lego cookie decorating.

Everyone's favorite party game: catch the chicken for a prize. The prizes this year were whoopie cushions. 

Theo requested Mc Donalds for dinner mostly just to see me upset. The kids played hard on the play place. V kept hiding and calling to me from cracks. All we could see were her shiny eyes and shiny teeth. 

The only photo from our double date with Mrs. Jones at Eataly. I couldn't leave without pasta and chocolate. Ashely snapped this photo because I looked a little crazy. 

Bonus photo for science: a once meat sandwich from the FIRST week of school that was found in a cubby this week. It's fascinating and horrifying.

Quotes:

One of Theo's gifts he received was a shovel set, upon opening it he said, "Wow!  Emma! I really needed a new shovel!" Later that night he said, "That was just SUCH a good gift."

Our little sassifrass really pulls out the grateful when he gets gifts. He kept muttering to himself all day, "I don't think Grandpa should have given me such a good gift (foreign paper money and coins)!" or "How could Oma even know how much I wanted an Ant Farm?!" or "These gifts are too good. An abalone shell? I don't even think I should keep this."