GOTTA
LOVE snow in April. And in particular, in April on the exact day
that we invited 20 three and four-year-
olds over. These poor kids where packed in my
tree house (what I call my home because it is so small), all bunched up on the
floor eating hot dogs and popcorn. They were so cute!! Our outside carnival
party was a bust, but I think the kids had a good time. The crane game was the
favorite. I tried for 20 minutes to get a damn piece of candy out of the thing
and couldn't do it, but these kids were getting handfuls of it. I was so
impressed!
My three sons had a blast. James was in heaven having all of the kids to
run around and play with, and it goes without saying that Jack had fun. Not only
was there unlimited food and a
MOUNTAIN of gifts, but the love of his
life was here (his teacher...giggle), and he just adores her (SORRY MRS.
BENTS!!). I think she must still be blushing over how he wanted to introduce her
to everyone at the party. Jack has also become enamored with his Uncle Dave
since seeing him at Christmas, and was thrilled to see him and his cousin Cam!
Joey was a little angel through the whole thing. Kids running around, people
laughing and being loud, very little nap time and being completely off schedule
didn't even phase him. Between Grandma Darlene, Aunt Dawn, Aunt Robin and his
favorite preschool mom, Nancy, all paying attention to him, he was happy as a
clam!
Jack is quite annoyed at the fact that there is not a HINT of his
birthday cake left. Every time he sees a picture of it he walks away grumbling
about not having enough of his carnival cake filled with blueberries. I have
comforted him by telling him he can have a Dora cake next time. You know how he
feels about Dora! He did got the one present he had been asking for since
Christmas. Yes, you guessed it...a real vacuum cleaner. I know, I got that one
wrong too. Never would have thought that he would want one, but he sat on
Santa's lap and asked for a yellow vacuum cleaner. I have bought the boy every
conceivable play vacuum, to no avail. The poor thing thinks Santa forgot about
him, because, of course, Santa should have KNOWN what he wanted. Huge thanks to
Aunt Robin for that one! Jack
had to call her last night to thank her
for the best present EVER, and of course, at 7 am this morning, he had to try it
out.
There is just something about a kid who hugs a vacuum cleaner that makes me
smile.
