Today we celebrated Ada's fourth birthday! The day got rearranged a bit because of causes out of our control, but we had the inflatable up and the little girls jumped all day. Lilah and Isaac even had some time in there.
Ada was whining and crying in the car today. I told her, "If you don't stop that behavior we will not go out to dinner tonight." To which she replied, "Crying is not a behavior."
I and L are away at camp and have been for a few days. Today O and C went away to camp for two nights as well. That leaves, if you're counting, A (3), N (9m), H (17) and B (16) at home. We fit in ONE car when we went to dinner tonight! Bedtime was soooo easy. The house is so quiet. It's pretty amazing.
This is the view from nine months...
So Kevin is in the ER for some respiratory thing. (NOT the flu.) We just spent about 4.5 hours in the waiting room. I was glad when they told us we'd be coming to the back to see the doctors. Then as I rounded the corners, I had the sudden flash of coming back to see Grandma. In my mind, the beginning of the end started here.
Benjamin, now that he's 16 and all, wants a job. He walked up to Skyline and got an application last week and has been busy filling it out. For those of you who know Benjamin, know what a huge deal it is... So he walked up today. They told him that they were not currently hiring but that they would keep his resume on file. I was so proud of him for doing that! It was really cool. He also stopped and got an application at McD's on the way home for filling out.
(Is that what you call a 16th birthday for a boy?)