It sounded so sure and definite that Parker and Tinley are both walking around asking each other...why? and the other answers cuz! I admit it's fun for me to throw out a why every now and then just to hear the giggles. Sometimes you realize the things you say when your kids repeat it back to you. Apparently when we have nothing better to say "just because" is good enough. I guess no matter how old you are the "whys" never stop. It seems we've heard a string of bad, hard, challenging (however you want to put it) news recently involving people surrounding us...Why? Well sometimes "cuz" is all we know but I'm thankful we know God's got a better answer than that. Looking back it's obvious to see how some things that seemed completely unclear were so purposeful and perfect in God's plan. Trying to keep that in mind this week.
Amidst lots of why going on, we were able to divide and conquer the weekend to get everyone everywhere they needed to be...with help from lots of grandparents of course.
Friday we had school wide pajama day (best reward ever!) so Parker and I sported our pj's together. This is us at 6:30 am right before we walked out the door. Notice how awake Parker is. By the time we got to school and he had to wake up for the second time, he had already forgotten why he had on his pjs and I had to convince him we did not just forget to get him dressed. Can 5 year olds drink coffee?
Booya and Grandaddy picked up Parker and Tinley (thank you!) on Friday so I could stay for a Movie Night fundraiser (where I stayed in my pjs). Booya took Parker to Ray's Splash Planet for birthday party number 1 of the weekend. She took a few pics of Parker having fun. Meanwhile Grandaddy kept Tinley and when Brandon got off work the 3 of them headed to Graham for some things Brandon needed to do. Brandon got racing and some visits in! (Thank you Ganny and Grandaddy!)
He bounced! He slid!
He played laser tag. Again look at this face...this was a combination of blinking eyes in a dark room and him feeling a little nervous about getting shot. Very funny to watch 5 year olds play this game...a lot of wandering around in packs.
He played mini bowling...thank goodness he had some practice last week.
All was fabulous except for the mini meltdown after mini bowling. I would explain but pretty sure
it would not seem very dramatic unless you were 5. All in all lots of fun...but all this partying made for one tired little boy!
We were so happy Daddy and Tinley came back Saturday night and we got to spend Sunday with them. Tinley wore her new dress and her penguin tights which she pointed out to most anyone who would take a look. She couldn't even stop looking down at her "birds" to get a picture before church.
Thankfully after church she struck a pose where the penguins were hiding so she was able to smile.
Why you ask? Cuz she says!
