I'm Here

After missing for a few days from blogland, I am here. It was a busy weekend in the real world causing me to abandon Trueself's world for a while.

We've spent a long weekend celebrating N's birthday. We went to my parents' house last Thursday night and stayed through Saturday. On Friday, we celebrated with the traditional birthday cake and homemade ice cream, but only after W and I snuck off for a couple of hours to buy N his birthday present. Apparently, N was the only child on earth without a video game system. We've heard this for a couple of years now, and held strong until now. So now N is the proud (very proud) owner of a Playstation 2. He was shocked. I think he thought it was hopeless that he would ever talk us into such an extravagance. I was told repeatedly throughout the weekend how much he loves me. Yeah, I earned a few Mom Points this weekend. That isn't why I bought it though. No, I bought it as I explained to him because I have been so proud of his behavior lately. He has been a much more pleasant child to be around. I told him particularly the things he has done lately that have impressed me and encouraged him to keep it up.

After returning home Saturday evening, we spent Sunday about as busy as we could have been. We started by going to Sunday School, then on to two soccer games where N's team won both! We got home around around 3:30 so that I could bake N a birthday cake plus 3 dozen cupcakes for him to take to school on Tuesday (they have Monday off) to celebrate his birthday. W set up the Playstation for N while N and I were baking. By the time the cakes were baked and I made a quick grocery store run, N's best friend arrived for a birthday sleepover. We ordered pizza for dinner and let the kids play with the Playstation until it arrived. Finally, a bit of a break to sit down. Uh, no, it was time to frost and decorate the birthday cake so I did that, and then got a short break until the pizza arrived. I left the cupcakes to be frosted today after I get home from work.

N and his best friend get along so well together. It is great to see them together. They had a great time, and I'm sure that will continue until this afternoon when his friend's mom picks him up. I have to go to work today, but I've left W with strict instructions to be easy on the boys and let them have reasonable fun. It is a birthday celebration after all.

So yes, if you've counted it up N is enjoying one of the longest birthday celebrations ever recorded, starting Friday and not fully ending until Tuesday, five days.

Lucky kid.

Tired mom. (but at least it kept my mind off my relationship woes for a bit)