The four of us visited with our dear friends, Cody and Jessica, this morning, as well as their two boys. We had never met the younger one before, and after a bit of a rocky start, Dekker took to him beautifully!! Us adults could catch up a bit while The boys shared an arm chair and Nick read Dekker books. He also showed Dekker around his room and shared his trucks with him. We have so rarely had another child take the time to let Dekker warm up the way he did. For a first meeting, he had a great radar for Dekker, and they got along incredibly well. On the drive home, Dekker slept for about five minutes before popping up and announcing “Detter having fun play with Nit. See Nit gain!” It was a HUGE win! What a great morning!
The kids were wiped out though, and needed naps. Since they had both dozed a bit on the drive home, it was a rough go getting them down. Dekker finally gave in, but Laela fought pretty hard. I don’t think she ever slept. So eventually she joined us adults outside on the deck for happy hour. Drinks, tanning, and wading pools 🙂 Once I’m home, I’ll make a photo post. There are lots of good pictures of the fun we had, the sun we got, and the snacks we devoured. One thing we can always count on when we come here is fancy cheese. Sooo delicious.
Another thing I can always count on is white short. I mean the shorty little white shorts that come when you sunburn your legs sooo badly while wearing booty short bathing suit bottoms. I will own them, though. I always know they’re coming, and I make less than zero effort to prevent them. I am paper white 360 days of the year, so I dream of having color on my skin. But I always leave myself in the sun too long, past the point of no return. Luckily, as of right now, I’m not in any pain, so hopefully I didn’t actually burn burn, but just got subtly toasty.
We celebrated my birthday this evening with my meal of choice – mashed potatoes and barbecued chicken. I love that meal. The kids went to bed fairly quickly after supper, and we ate a raspberry cheesecake trifle outside by the fire. Unbelievable, right?? It was awesome, and very quickly, it was 1:00am. So, sorry about the late post, but I am cramming in as much family time as I can get my hands on!
Tomorrow – shopping and take out!!! Can’t wait!