Yesterday we celebrated Juan's 6th birthday. He did not know it was his birthday, so was quite surprised to get up and see the decorations and find out it was his day! We tried to keep it as low key as possible. Just had one set of grandparents over and had cake and opened a few gifts. The cake was nothing special - but he was happy and wanted us to sing Happy Birthday more than once. In the evening we went to McDonald's with a couple of families so the kids could play together. It was good, but I think we have been paying for it today a little. Juan has had a really hard time doing what he should. He has been very big on saying "mine, mine, mine" and "don't touch" concerning the gifts he received. He was even unhappy that I had "touched" the movie he received. So Dan fixed that pretty quickly by telling him the TV and DVD player are his and Juan couldn't touch them. Without those things the movie is useless. Maicol got it right away, but Juan took a little longer. Then he was following me around saying "touch, touch" (the movie). We're having a hard time getting them to understand the line between having things that belong to you and being reasonable about it so that others can enjoy them too. I realize they are probably not accustomed to having that many gifts at one time and being the center of attention. We'll get another shot at making it work come Christmas. The afternoon was a little better.
We're expecting warm weather tomorrow and then it will cool off and maybe S-N-O-W. They heard the weather forecast of TV tonight and are just sure it is going to snow alot in 3 days. I sure hope there's at least enough that they can see it.
Have a good night.
Karen
Enjoying a little birthday cake.
Is this a happy boy or what?
Gift from the "fishing" Grandma.
A big dump truck that makes NOISE. (what was I thinking)
Enjoying a little birthday cake.
Is this a happy boy or what?
Gift from the "fishing" Grandma.
A big dump truck that makes NOISE. (what was I thinking)
3 comments:
Great toys! It looks like the right amount, too. It's hard to not go out and get them a bunch of toys because they have none, but it's not so good for them to do that. Our kids have the same "No touchy" attitude about their toys.
Dump truck--classic...that was a winner with Diego, too! When you kick the "Mia! Mia! Mia!" habit, let me know how you did it!!! The boys are really bad about that...Tatiana not so possession...great to see how you all are doing!
Wendi
Hi, We really enjoyed the birthday. Thanks for having us. I really didn't remember how active three little boys can be. You would think I would know after three of our own. Have a Happy Thanksgiving and tell Grandma we said hello. Love you all, Mom
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