Had a good birthday yesterday. I headed into town with Jbird and JB. We ran some errands. This was the first time I have really gotten out and ran errands with the kids since JB was up and walking really well. JB was so proud of himself. He would not let me take his hand at all. I would try to grab it and he would grunt and pull his hand away. He had the biggest smile on his face as he would pass people and they would comment on how well he was doing. Of course Jbird was able to hold his hand in the parking lots, but not mom.

While we were in town, we saw a fire truck from our community with their lights on. I thought, mutual aid, must be a big fire. So, with nothing but time, we followed it. (At a safe distance and we did not break any laws.) Fortunately it went straight out of town on a long road, so even though we got stopped by lights, we never lost sight of it. Turns out, it ended up in a nice subdivision where there were large lots. (I originally thought that maybe mutual aid was needed because it was a big fire in a neighborhood with lots of complexes and danger of fire spreading. However, no smoke was ever seen on the horizon). There were 4 fire trucks and probably 2 police cars and definately no fire. As we turned around and left, we saw 2 more fire trucks heading out there. Curiousity got the better of me and I called my police officer friend Buffy. (Yeah, she is not buff but boy has she been known to tackle the biggest of them). She had missed the first part of the situation on the radio and was not sure. She assumed it was either a gas leak and they had back up just in case or a meth lab had been discovered. Anyway, a little bit of excitement and Jbird was disappointed but thankful no one was losing their home.

We went to the mall and ran into a friend and her son. We played with them and then all headed off to a late lunch together. While we were eating Jbird told me he had to go to the bathroom. We headed off and Jbird wanted to go in the men's bathroom. (Sometimes, depending on where we are, I will send Jbird and B in together). Jbird headed off into the men's bathroom before I could really get to him. I stood outside the door and waited. A gentleman came by with his daughter and they went in there. A few seconds later, the dad opened the door and asked if it was my son. I said yes and he told me to go ahead and come on in. So, I was standing in the mens restroom with a father and his daughter just praying that another man would not come in. Poor guy would have been so confused.

I think the best birthday present I got was B showed me his 100 on his spelling test. I was so excited. We have worked really hard on his spelling. The last 2 tests were somewhat of a disaster partly because we did not work much on them.

Every night I pull out the clothes for the boys for the next day. That way they can get dressed on their own. I had unknowingly pulled out Jbird's jeans for B to wear. He put them on and they were well above the top of his socks. Other than the length, they fit him. He decided he did not want to take them off. So, I let him wear his high waters to school.

Headed out of town today with some friends for 24 hours of no-kid time!!!!