The Letter of the Day

B

Birthday - It's been an action packed few days.  Hubby and I went to our older son's house for the weekend.  I would say it was the baby of the family's birthday, but seeing as he turned three, I think he would loudly proclaim that he is "NOT A BABY!"  LJ's birthday necessitated a trip to Chuck E. Cheese on Saturday.  Our allotted time for the party was at 9:30 (yes, a.m.).  It was Pizza brunch.  Actually, it was quite nice.  The pizza is better when you are the only people there, and the kids could just do whatever they wanted without the eyes of paranoid grandparents watching every move.  I think it was worse for poor Chuck, as LJ declined some of the prescribed birthday activities.  I imagine it's rather hard for the kid stuck in the mouse suit to get to excited about performing for seven people when four of them are adults. Being the only people in the place did have definite token perks for the kids too.  Even the adults were kept busy spending them.

Bikes - It was warm  there, so we enjoyed spending a lot of time outdoors with the kids.  We gave LJ a scooter (3-year-old style) for his birthday.  He loved it, and he looked soooo cute in his little helmet scooting away!  Daddy took the training wheels of the Big Kid's bikes too, so there was lots of street activity in the cul-de-sac!  After some frustration, a few tears, and much concern over possible bruise and bandaid opportunities, they both pretty much had the hang of it before we left on Sunday afternoon.  They were all pretty excited over the new transportation!

Bluebonnets - It must be spring in Texas!  We enjoyed seeing the hills covered with bluebonnets on our trip back home.  Because of the drought last year, there weren't many bluebonnets.  Rather disappointing.  I think they all must have been storing up all their splendor for this year though.  With all the rain and the warmer than normal temperatures, the flowers are not only plentiful, the blossoms are huge!

Boating?  Yesterday was a pretty gray day around here.  The weather man kept assuring us that storms were on the way, but it seemed that maybe it wasn't really going to happen.  We shouldn't have worried.  The winds were horrible.  Our next door neighbor was really worried that our new trees would become uprooted!   Fortunately that didn't happen, but the rain definitely did.  We got about 4" of rain in less than 24 hours.  If that sounds like a lot, there were other places close to us that got more than 6".  We had a goose this evening that was enjoying splashing around in the water from the creek.

Beating the odds - Remember me telling you about my NASCAR team?  Well, guess who is in first place??  Yep..Seriously...First place!  Who would have guessed?  What can I say.  My system works.  At least for now.  It's early in the season.

Blessings:
- Watching your grandchildren play.
- Safety from the storm.
- Homemade strawberry jam.
- A Son and Daughter-In-Law who live close enough to take care of the cat while we are gone.