Vince is still sick, still recovering from his epic slumber party – I think it might be a while until we host one again.
I made his favorite curry on Friday night – which includes carrots.
We also spent some time fixing Edda’s brand new bath chair…
Heat gun action –
This is an expensive year special needs equipment-wise. In January, we bought the minivan with the accessible seat. We are now getting quotes to install the stair lift in the house. We are also ordering a new chair so that Edda can eat comfortably at the table as well as a new toilet seat. Just the other day, we got a bath chair so that I won’t have the fear of death (and the fear of throwing out my back) every time I lift Edda in and out of the bath.
See our beautiful bath chair –
Less than 48 hours after it was delivered, Maxi (the evil dog) chewed the power cord. That dog is a piece of work.
Happy Birthday, Donald! Mom & Dad
Vince has wanted to host a slumber party for a while – so since there was no school today because of a professional day for teachers, we hosted a party of FIVE. There was a lot of DS-ing, a lot of Bayblade-ing and a lot of wrestling. Everyone got along, so no arguments, no slapping. Apparently the use of PJs is already out of style in the third grade, sleeping in one’s underwear is the way to go. The only misstep was that at 3:30 am when Jeremy was answering Edda’s nightly seizure call, he found three boys still bathed in the glow of tiny computer screens. Sigh. We should have taken all the electronics away at lights out. Must remember that tip for next time.
Bed heads all around after 3.5 hours of sleep. They are the easiest crowd to feed – pizza (cheese), Kraft Mac and Cheese (don’t try to slip in Annie’s mac and cheese) and some frozen waffles in the morning.
Of course, 2 hours after everyone left, Vince spiked a fever and is asleep. Exhaustion.
Two! More! Birthday! Parties! for Edda! this weekend 🙂
The Chinese one with noodles for long life…
And one of Edda’s favorite cakes:
And a 2nd one at Sunday night dinner. Look – Edda and I have the same messy haircut…
Opening presents…
Maxi got sent to the dog house for being such a pain in the behind. Poor girl, she just wanted some bacon covered meatloaf…
Jeremy just got back from a 10-day business trip to Brazil. It was focused on agriculture policy/practices in Brazil, but it also seemed like a lot of fun:
Like drinking Caipirinhas.
Having flan:
Seeing the Christ the Reedeemer statue:
Hanging out on the beach in front of the Copacabana.
In honor of the actual day of Edda’s birthday, we had a small family celebration. Edda’s birthday is always bittersweet and a little difficult – the ritual of balloons, cake and gifts is really just something I do for me because I don’t think Edda knows this is a day different from all the other days.
We presented Edda with the cake and she promptly slap-smacked the candles (thank goodness they weren’t lit yet).
We had some helium from the balloons and all of us inhaled and sang Edda “Happy Birthday” in chipmunk voices which amused all of us :)!
