The weeks are getting busier and busier. We’ve had a lot of birthdays this week. With so many birthdays right together, we used to have a big party for everyone. They would gather here at our house and have cake, ice cream, gifts, and a lot of laughter and good times. Not any more however. Two of the grandsons live here, two in Jeff City, and two in K.C. It’s hard to get everyone together now. I miss those ‘good ‘o days.’
We made a quick trip to K.C. this week to celebrate one of the birthdays. Our next to youngest turned four. He’s getting to be quite a personality. Some of the cutest things come out of his mouth! The d-i-l cooked a beef roast for supper with potatoes and carrots. It was really very good! The meat almost melted in your mouth, it was so tender. We brought a little birthday cake, and the birthday boy liked it too, especially the icing!
He’s really into cars and trains — anything with wheels. We got him a car mat with roads and a race track.
He liked it, but I knew he would because Mom and Dad told me what to get. (Who knows their children better than parents, at least while they’re little, right?!)
Little brother will have a birthday next month. He’ll be one!
I couldn’t resist this pose! I think he likes to get his pix taken.
The next birthday was daughter C’s. She lives in Jeff City now, so I had to mail her gift. I gave her the stuffed cat made from an old quilt that she saw at the Ark. craft fairs we went to last month. I bought it right in front of her after I asked her which one she liked the best. I didn’t say anything to her about it being for her. I just bought it, put in in my bag, and we carried on. Then when we got home, I made a big deal out of hiding it from her when I was showing hubby what all I got. I knew she knew it was for her, but she never said anything. After I sent it to her, she wrote me back and said, “I knew that was for me!” I thought that was funny.
Over the weekend was two more birthdays.
Grandson #2 was born on his dad’s birthday. We didn’t have a party with them, but we run by their house after I got off work to see them and take gifts. The teen boys are getting easy to give gifts to. Just think MONEY or GIFT CARDS and you can’t go wrong. So I bought a wallet, stuffed it with money, added a hugh chocolate bar and wham, instant gift!
The son-i-l was just as easy. We just gave him a card, but I’d bought him a gift certificate to be sent to his e-mail address from one of his favorite web sites. I sent it to the address I had for him, but it turned out to be his work. So he won’t get it till he goes back to work on Mon. Oops!
This is Hubby and me with the birthday boy. He’s almost as tall as we are!
Here’s the rest of the family. Aren’t they a handsome bunch!
I have to mention something else that happened this week. Grandson #3 is learning to play the saxophone. That’s him in the pic above. He’s the one in the dark shirt. He tried out to be in the jazz band at his school and made it. Then he tried out to be in the Honors Band and not only made it, but made first chair! He was competing with other kids in all the schools here in the city! You can read all about it at Daughter’s blog. I didn’t get to go to the concert, but I watched the movie that Mom took of him. I was soooo proud of him! He really is a natural, though. He gets him musical talent from his dad. You can hear some of Dad’s music here.
One thing that happened this week wasn’t so good. Hubby got a really high fever this week and we had to make a trip to the hospital. Come to find out, he had developed a urinary tract infection. Men don’t usually get those, but he sure did. They put him on antibiotics, so he’s a lot better now. He was pretty sick for a few days.
I did some knitting this week. I started a sweater and had the back almost done when I discovered that I didn’t cast on the extra stitches after the bottom trim. I couldn’t believe that I did that!! I’ll have to frog it, or finish it a size smaller. That’ll be a LOT of frogging! I really like that yarn and I wanted the sweater for myself. It won’t fit now, though, unless I add the extra stitches. So I’ve put it aside for now. Maybe after a few days, my head will clear and I’ll be able to make a reasonable judgement on what to do with it.
Thanksgiving is right around the corner. Our plans aren’t really big, but we will have part of our family here for a dinner, so I’m looking forward to that. I wish I didn’t have to work the day after Thanksgiving but, in retail, that’s not going to happen!
Meet me back here next week to hear about our holiday. In the meantime, everyone have a great Thanksgiving, and don’t forget what the day is for — to be thankful. We all have something to be thankful for even if we think we don’t. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
