Here are the last photos from a Very. Happy. Birthday.
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This was at breakfast. Oscar got what he asked for: an iPhone.
I know, I know, hold your horses. First of all, it’s not actually functioning as a phone (no sim card), although it does have internet. And, we didn’t go out and get it. It’s a hand-me-down from Mark, from when he upgraded to the 4S. He uses it to play games, and he is newly on Instagram (more on that in a future post).
He has been using it already, but now it’s “his”, to keep with him, manage, and not share with Lucy.
Not a single pic during the day. :( Oscar went to school. He said it was good. I picked him up, with chocolate milk in hand. We drove across town to get Lucy, which is our new normal thing. Then we came home and started cooking dinner.
Dinner.
With family, Nanu & Chief, and Cole & Kiera. Alex and Madie were at a Giants game, celebrating Alex’s birthday (Also the 4th – HBD!).
This is the shot Kiera got with her phone, as seen above. (We’re all a little camera phone / Instagram addicted around here lately. I love it.) And, there’s no photo, (what was I thinking?!) but we also had a visit from Lucy’s Godfather, Carlo, and his soon-to-be wife Flor. They helped us sing happy birthday.
Omi and Opi got in on the Oscar birthday action: dinner this evening.
I didn’t take too many photos, but we had a really nice time!!
They brought hot pizza, and red wine. We made a huge salad, and relaxed.
I think we ended up talking with Oscar the whole dinnertime.
Maybe that’s what can happen when you have a seven year old..?
This is a link to a slideshow of photos from this weekend’s party: a sleepover.
(oooooh, the first of many?)
Fun times – and more to come on the 4th, his actual bday.
I just got back from dropping off Lucy. No trouble at all. I said, “Ok, see you at gate time”. She started to head outside to play – and we both saw the same thing at the same time: naked kids playing in the sun and sand.
I asked quickly, as she was walking away from me, “Do you wanna take your shoes off, so you don’t get sand in them?”
She turns and says, ‘Mommy I want to take all my clothes off”.
I had to take this photo. She really didn’t want to delay, but she dutifully posed for it. Which I took as fast as I could. I didn’t want anyone to think I was the next Sally Mann.
And one more: A spy pic…
Laurel Hill has some awesome play-based philosophies. One of them is that the Play comes first. We wouldn’t want the constructs of wet clothing to stand in the way. Anyways, Laurel Hill has a great reputation around the city as promoting clothes-free play. I mean we’re known as the naked preschool.
I don’t think Oscar was EVER inclined, during his 2 years. It took Lucy less than 5 days to try it out.
