Birthday Recap

Monday was a fantastic day, starting with donuts and presents, and ending with McDonald's for dinner. Hey, you only turn eight once! It was also the first day of (virtual) school, which the kids were really excited about ... until I had to tear them away from their new toys in order to log onto Zoom.

Little Man's favorite gifts were (surprise!) Legos. And more Legos. But he's also excited about his ant farm (me: not so much), a Grumblie and some Star Wars perler beads.

Sweet Pea just about lost her mind when she opened her main gift -- an Amazon Echo. Now she can listen to music in her room, which she's wanted to do for a long time. She also got plenty of Legos and some purple and pink matchbox cars (she's been complaining about the relative lack of those colors among toy cars -- go figure).

Her birthday wish was to have an entire box of Annie's Mac N Cheese all to herself for her lunch. She's been talking about it for months! Fortunately that wish was very easy to grant.

Grandma and Grandpa stopped by later in the afternoon (after school was done) to wish them a special day, and brought even more Legos -- much to Sweet Pea and Little Man's delight. "I've been wanting this Lego set forever!" they screamed almost simultaneously, as Little Man opened up Slave I (from Star Wars) and Sweet Pea unwrapped her amusement park.

But Monday wasn't the only special day! Memere and Pepere made a surprise visit on Saturday, bringing an awesome cake and some amazing presents. It poured rain, but no one minded -- the adults socially distanced in the garage, and the kids barely noticed the rain as they played on the water slide.

Birthdays wouldn't be complete without the annual Measuring of the Birthday Kids. Little Man is 49.5 inches tall (an increase of almost 3 inches over the last year!) and Sweet Pea is 47.5 inches tall (an increase of 1.75 inches). We aren't having a doctor's appointment for their birthday, so I don't know what the percentiles are -- but I suspect they're on their standard, small-ish curve.