We stayed in this morning. We could have branched out and went to church, but we had a plan at 4pm that we wanted everyone to be rested for. We kept a really low profile and spent the morning playing toys, talking Christmas, and eating oranges. After lunch, we put Laela and Rowan down for naps, and Dekker stayed up and played quietly. It was a really uneventful day up until that point.
Around 2:00, everyone started to lull and we got moving. We all got cleaned up and dressed and ready to go. Dekker insisted I put “some stuff” in his hair, specifically, and Laela rocked the side pony, which is basically one of my favorite things.
Hailey’s youngest son, Zaden, turned three today! We arrived at his party near the beginning of the festivities, as we tend to try to do. Not out of politeness and being on time, necessarily, but so the kids can settle in a bit before the actual party begins. We weren’t there long at all before the place began to fill. There were SO many people! It was a fabulous group, though. It wasn’t long before all of the kids, including Dekker and Laela, went downstairs and played together. We were amazed that they joined in, not because the kids weren’t great (they are!) but they were quite a loud, boisterous bunch, and there were lots of them! While we were surprised they went down with everyone, we weren’t surprised that they came back up after not too long. But they weren’t upset, and they went back and forth between the basement, and upstairs with the adults.
We ate pizza and drank iced tea and had a super yummy cake for dessert. It was all delicious. We left Hailey’s house in complete shambles, but she seemed to have expected such a thing, and brushed it off. It was a crazy, loud, energetic, busy, FABULOUS couple of hours before we headed out. We all had a really really lovely time, but it had to end at some point.
We made a quick stop for milk and headed home. Dekker slept most of the drive home, but was a total basket case once we got home. Our kids usually wake up well and are ready to go, even if we wake them up, but he was right ticked. Honestly, it wasn’t that off putting even, because we knew he was ready for more sleep. So everyone got their teeth brushed, and went right to bed.
Good night, sweeties. Rest up well.