Birthday time

When we asked JW what he wanted to do for his birthday, he said he wanted to have the Mc___ family over for dinner. He also had a swim meet, though, so we had that first. Then, a family from church had invited us over for their daughter's birthday party. They had a huge inflatable waterslide and water play structure and a slip 'n slide in the backyard, so the kids played there for a while. Then, it was home for dinner with the Mc____ family. They have a boy who is a grade behind JW and with him in cub scouts. We ate pizza from our favorite place, played games, and watched the kids swim in the pool. Having a backyard pool makes summer birthdays easy, handy as three of the four kids have summer birthdays, and so do I. Our extended family seems to cluster birthdays around certain times. JW shares a birthday with a cousin, whose dad has a birthday a day apart. October and December are the other big birthday times.

Next up, RJ has his 3rd birthday next week. His grandparents are coming today for a visit and will celebrate with us. He says a lot of funny things these days in his barely intelligible voice--I need to write more of them down. For instance, last week he said, "Dad, don't bite your nails, or you will get worms in your butt!"