Saturday was a lazy day. We ran a few errands in the morning. Ate lunch. Took naps. Played a while. Ran another errand. Ate dinner. Eric took a bath. Time for bed.
Sunday is a birthday party! Aunt Deborah came over in the morning after breakfast. We piled into the car and headed north to cousin Josh’s birthday party! He is 16! Mommy stayed home. She needed a day off for rest and relaxation. Aunt Deborah sat in the back seat with Eric. I chauffeured both of them to the party. Almost everyone was there…Josh, Jake, Uncle Joe, Aunt Traci, Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt Bev, Uncle Mike, Aunt Cindy.
Josh came out to the car and greeted us. Eric handed him his birthday card and said, “Happy Birthday!” Grandma and Grandpa were already there. We went inside and said “Hi” to everyone. Josh sat down on the floor with Eric and dumped out a shoebox full of cars. Eric loved it! Eric has a shoebox at home that is full of cars, too. Eric played with the cars for most of the afternoon. In between playing with the cars, he was playing with the balls. Josh, Eric, and I went downstairs and threw a big yellow beach ball around the basement with several smaller balls that the dog plays with. Eric had a lot of fun. Upstairs, he played catch gently with Aunt Cindy. There is more fragile stuff upstairs in the living room.
Dinner…Eric ate all of his vegetables! And nothing else! I couldn’t wait to tell Mommy that Eric ate five celery sticks and two carrot sticks. He would not touch his hamburger and chips. Of course, later he ate some cake and ice cream. He was playing with Aunt Cindy while I ate my cake and ice cream. He periodically came over for a bite of cake or ice cream. He even got an ice cream headache!
We headed home kind of late. Aunt Deborah rode in the back seat again to keep Eric awake. It was much too late for a nap, although he was very tired. If he slept now, he would be up all night. Eric and Aunt Deborah played in the back seat, and she read him some books. Aunt Deborah taught Eric how to pump his arm for the big trucks to get them to honk. First truck…no luck…apparently some truckers are watching the road in front of them. A few trucks later we were met with success! Two short honks from a friendly trucker. We cheered and celebrated. Eric was having fun! Eric and Aunt Deborah continued “pumping” the trucks, and five consecutive trucks honked their horns. Of course, we cheered and celebrated after each one. Eris was really having fun, now!
We got home just after 8:00pm. We gave Mommy hugs and kisses. We told her about the fun we all had at the birthday party, and how everyone missed her. It didn’t take long to get Eric to wind down. He was pretty tired after such a long day with no nap. A little late getting to bed, but he was out fast! A lot of fun packed into one day for the little guy.
After Eric went to sleep, I showed Mommy all of the pictures and videos that I took at the birthday party.