Today's plan was to sleep in and just have a relaxing, quiet day at home then go over to a friend's parents' place in the evening to celebrate his birthday.
My son was up around 11am, made himself eggs and baked beans for brunch, did his chores, read Time magazine on the deck for awhile ("Mom, I really like Time. Do you know why? They have all sorts of interesting information in there. Did you know that WalMart in the States pays higher minimum wage than other stores in the States? It says so in Time; just a minute, I'll get the article. They have other stuff like that in there too. It's a good magazine") then came in for a rest from the growing humidity outside. For supper, I made up a field-greens salad with chicken and cuke slices and orange slices and crushed corn tortillas. "I like how you did the cucumbers and oranges, Mom. Very nice presentation."
Mosquitoes seem drawn to my son, and often leave lump-sized evidence of their snacking on him, so he was quite concerned about being outside this evening; but we made a large homemade birthday card and that helped him focus on the upcoming celebration.
We had a very nice, relaxing evening celebrating our friend's birthday with his family and a few friends. My son had brought along a book and spent most of the evening reading and snacking on fruit (and some vegetables and some chips), then had a small water fight with the birthday boy!
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