Jonathan Day 78

4:50 AM we heard JH saying "go potty, go potty" and I jumped.  The best part of that was his diaper was bone dry and he went a ton of #1.  I kept telling him it was the middle of the night and he needed to go back to sleep but since I put him in our bed that only lasted about 5 minutes.  Da Da had a finger poked in to his ear and I got a sneeze on the back of my neck.  We got up and while I made a cup of coffee JH watched Backyardigans.  After about 10 minutes Da Da came out of the bedroom and we had breakfast.  I guess in a house this small Uniqua singing about a Tea Party was too much for Da Da to stay sleeping.

Today was a big day for us because we had a 9:30 AM play date planned!  Rick has a friend, that has a sister, that lives in the area with a 2 year old girl (Madeline) and a 3 year old boy (Micah).  We were so excited that we got ready early and headed to the park with a towel in hand to make sure the equipment wouldn't be too wet.  The last few times we went the slide (JH's favorite) was all wet and we couldn't let him play.

When Lindsay and the kids arrived we knew immediately that it was going to be a great morning.  Lindsay was so sweet and engaging and Micah started interacting with JH right away.  It took Madeline about 15 minutes and before we knew it she was tangling with the boys.  In fact, Rick started calling her a tornado and that fit.  She was not letting two tough boys keep her away.  The picture above is of them all sliding one after another.  We were calling it a Kid Pile and then they started saying "kid pile" when they went down the slide.

Lindsay, Rick, and I all talked for about 1 1/2 hours while the kids played and kept us involved in the occasional "watch me" or us making sure they didn't climb that third rung on the big kid slide.  This was the first time we have had an opportunity to have JH play with kids close to his age.  It went so well and we're looking forward to getting together again this next week.

After the park we stopped at the Post Office and headed home.  Whenever we turn on our street JH says "almost home" and when we pass Linda and Neil's house he ALWAYS says "hi Linda and Neo".  JH really worked up an appetite at the park and ate and adult portion of homemade chicken chili mixed with Mac & Cheese.  We're running out of meal ideas :-)
He actually took a pretty long nap and then we decided to take him for a walk to town to get ice cream.  Both places that normally sell ice-cream didn't have any today.  Good thing he doesn't hold disappointment.  He forgot what we walked to town for in about 2 minutes.

We played in the yard for a few minutes after a ride to visit our friend Michael and his dog Thumper.  Thumper was all over JH and we all thought it was pretty funny when JH would say "get down Thumper"  Not that clearly but I'm not sure I can re-create how he said it.  Dinner, bath, potty, and bed with no issues or crying.