Peter's 9

It's a party. I know this is supposed to be about Peter's big day but first a Gaelle story. We had noise makers which Gaelle blew loud and long but then she started in with the "Be Quiet!!!" at the top of her lungs. Just out of nowhere. We don't think we've told her that phrase but clearly we have because she knew it. Made us chuckle.



Ok... on to the birthday boy. He had a great day. We kept it low key but still managed to make it special. Somehow he let us save his presents until just before supper. He was thrilled with everything.



We only invited a boy from our street who is in his class, Eric, and his older brother Travis. They walk the dog past our house most days and so we asked them. Robin took the boys swimming at the local pool where they had a blast. They played for 2 hours straight and Robin didn't even have to get in the pool. It's March break so the pool was crowded but it didn't stop the fun.



They came back here for pizza and cake. The menu was quite the source of conversation for the past week. Peter asked for fish and spaghetti. I was more than willing to accomodate him but Robin convinced him to go with his second choice... pizza. He wasn't sure what kind of cake to ask for so we went with chocolate. It was a hit altho neither of the kids wanted ice cream with their cake. Oh well... more for us.



The kids have been here for almost 2 months and we haven't introduced video games yet. So we got Peter a "Cars" video game. It's too funny to watch him play. The 3 boys had fun and Eric and Travis humored him by slowing down and crashing into walls because Peter just couldn't keep his car on the track. "Did I win?" "Um... no... not even close." But he sure looks like he's on track. And you can tell from Gaelle's face that she doesn't have a clue what's going on. But wait... it has buttons... unlimited button pushing. Too much fun.

I feel like I should be sentimental and wax philosophical about the importance of this day. His first birthday with us. But it's just not in me right now. Robin took care of most of the details for today and I'm so thankful for his attention. It all went great. So I'm just going to enjoy it for the nice day that it was and not delve deeper.