Gordon came today at 7:30am. The kids had gone to bed at a decent hour the night before, so they were up and ready to greet Gordon and Uncle David when they came to the door. The kids (all four) played after a good hot breakfast (even Gordon enjoyed some pancakes). Then Dad came down and took Ben to a birthday party. Chris even stayed with Ben during the party! So cool. In return, the girls, Gordon, and I stayed home, played, and relaxed. I read the entire Tiger Scout Handbook (and all of the patch requirements) and the entire Brownie Try-it book. So Ben has completed half of his requirements towards his Tiger patch and 19 electives! And Madie has completed 5+ more Try-its. She and I sat for an hour and walked through the book and talked about the different requirements! It was great!
Then we all ate lunch and got ready to Aunt Debra’s school’s Fall festival. Of course, Gordon just ate his weight in yogurt. But when the tears start to flow because I tried to get him to eat something else, I opened up another yogurt. Seriously, I am just the aunt. I can’t handle his tears. How can I say no to yogurt?
As a surprise twist in the plans, Chris joined us for the afternoon at the festival. It was a beautiful day and the kids had a great time. We stopped at ate dinner on the way home to a nice sitdown meal (thanks to some nice gift certificates.). Chris commented that he couldn’t remember when it was just the five of us to sit down at a nice restaurant together. Again it was nice.
We went home and the kids took baths and got into their jammies to enjoy some ice cream while watching a Harry Potter movie on tv. I caved and didn’t make everyone quit the movie to go and read books. Instead we all joined together on our bed and watched the end of the movie while I painted the girls’ toenails.
Everyone had a good day. Everyone.
The Puddles 
Gordon was sooooo wound up when he got home last night. It must have been the yogurt. ;o)
I’d rather you spoil him with yogurt than cookies. You should know G by now, if you want him to eat anything at all, you save the yogurt for last. Between milk and yogurt in our fridge, we don’t have room for anything else!