We had a lovely time visiting my family this week, but being home feels grand. After we left this afternoon, we headed to the city for some things we needed for Dekker’s birthday party this weekend. I’m actually a bit nervous, as our only real plan was to play outside, and the weather isn’t looking so hot. If anyone has some awesome ideas, send them my way! We don’t have a big group, but they’re all five and under, so I’m not sure what a good but very casual activity would be. Thoughts? Ideas? Gosh I hope its at least a little bit fun!
After a longer shop than anticipated, we finally got home and put the biggest littles down for night. Rowan has been sleeping like a… something that never sleeps ever, so we’re hoping to keep him up a bit tonight in hopes that he is good and ready to sleep when he finally goes down. (As I type this, he’s finally started whining on my bed next to me. Yay?) Brady carried everything in from the van while I fed Ro, and he’s putting the groceries away while I blog. Tomorrow will be Dekker’s actual birthday, and we were hoping to have a big exciting outside day for him, so hopefully thats still possible. But I’ll also need to do a bunch of chopping and preparing for his party on Saturday. It is super minimal work, but I don’t really want to pour over anything too crazy, honestly. Dekker isn’t a high energy kid, really, and we’ve been super high energy the last little while, I think he’ll actually appreciate some quieter downtime.
I think we all will, actually. If its too crappy to go outside tomorrow, a movie and playing inside will have to suffice. I’m so thankful for my adaptable, fabulous children. I can’t believe that, at this time four years ago, I was in labour. I don’t think I would have had my epidural yet even, or maybe they would have just put it in. It took three hours of fussing with it before it finally worked. So thankful I had it though, whew!!!
I love you, Dekker! Can’t wait to celebrate you extra these next couple of days!! <3