We had Jake’s birthday party this afternoon. Things went smoothly. I’m pretty sure everyone had a good time. Luckily for me, Brian took charge of the party and kept the kids entertained all afternoon. Jake made a haul as usual. Good thing we are remodeling his room–we might actually have some place to put all of this stuff once we get his room back together.
We got to try out our new gazebo today. We bought it at Home Depot last fall. It was an impulse buy, but it turned out to be a good decision–it was pretty warm outside and we would’ve fried if we had been in the sun all afternoon. (Actually, Brian got fried, anyway, because he was playing with the kids in the sun all afternoon and forgot to put on his sunscreen, silly boy.) The assembly and disassembly went surprisingly quickly for the first time. I don’t know how much use we’ll get from it, but even if we only use it once or twice a year, it will be worth it.
Anyway, Jake’s one happy kid. We bought him a lego set and he spent all evening working on that. Now, he’s listening to the iPod shuffle we got him (I found a refurbished one on the Apple store for a great price–I couldn’t pass it up) as he goes to sleep. Tomorrow, he has a date with the Lego set my parents got him. And, I’m sure he’ll probably be wearing some of the camo clothes he received from both sets of grandparents as he works on it.