7th Birthday Week

Tonight as we were sitting around the dinner table talking about our day we were blessed with another one of Miles' unique commentaries.  He spends the day with his Mema every Tuesday.  Today he accompanied Mema and her mother, Grandma Cora on a trip to Medford.  Grandma Cora had a doctor's appointment.  That's about all of the information I got about the day before they left.  We were all pretty curious to hear about his day.  He proceeded to tell us that first "Mema had to get all ready.  Then, we drove to the doctor's.  After that we had lunch.  I had a taco, jello, chocolate pudding, and chocolate ice cream with sprinkles."  I was stumped.  I know we live in a small town with no options, but I couldn't fathom where he had gotten all of those options in one setting.  Pretty soon his index finger went up, his eyes followed, and he started digging in his pocket.  "Ah - ha!", he exclaimed.  "THIS is where we went!" - out popped a mint from Sizzler's.  I can only imagine the day he had with his grandma and his great grandma.  It was illustrated further by his bag of items he had purchased.  A dog toy for Mary, some animal cookies, a vintage toy, and an egg decorating kit.  This is a small glimpse into this young man's very fun interpretation of all that life has to offer.  Recently he stated to me, "Mom, I have a REALLY important question to ask you.  .  .  Can I sleep with my socks on?"

I'm finally getting around to talking about Carter's actual birthday.  We decided to not have a party this year, but instead have a day of bowling and a movie in Medford.  Well, you know what I tend to feel about plans.  .  .  Carter ended up with the actual influenza on his 7th birthday.  He showed little or no enthusiasm towards opening presents and was in and out of consciousness.  His dad was soon to follow.  His birthday cake stayed intact for several days and I was actually in denial that he was growing up and bought him the number six candle.

As his perfect attendance record continue to self-detonate, his fever spiked over the course of a few days.  I had ordered cake pops to be delivered to school in SF Giant's colors and they remained frozen in our after school freezer.  We finally got around to singing to him one night during a five minute stretch without body aches.  The end of the week found Bradley needing to travel south to pick up dumpsters and we threw Carter in the truck with him.  He was an excellent copilot and they had quite the adventure.  Carter was a cheap traveler as he was still eating nothing.  Saturday came and our family of four headed to Medford.  The night before Carter had detailed out a schedule for us to follow.  We started at Sports Authority where he bought a new baseball glove with a gift card.  We then went to the Rogue Ski Shop where he used another gift card to purchase a snowboard set up.  From there we had lunch at Red Robin and watched a 3-D movie.  It was pretty expensive for a family of four to eat popcorn and watch a movie in the third dimension, but the good news is that Miles popped the lenses out of those glasses and has been wearing them ever since.  We got our money out of those bad boys.  It was then off to the Family Fun Center for some batting practice, over-priced games, and go-carts.  We met up with Bradley's parents and my mom for some Shoji's food.  The boys enjoyed the food being cooked in front of them.

Carter ate his eight day old frozen cake pops with his friends on Monday and used his snowboard on Friday on the school ski/board trip.  It may have been the longest birthday in the books, but we're on the uphill swing of things.  Heck, our appetite is so good, we may even make a trip to Sizzler's soon.