Awake: 5:52am Temp 30’s sleep 6+20 rain….all day overnight @ Indiana, PA.
Kathy zips to Wal-Mart for exchanges & groceries while I text Ray in Ocean Park, WA. When she returns, we walk the Mall for (50) min of exercise. Then return to our motel, change clothes & visit the Foote Castle for the rest of the day.
Today is Matthew’s 5th birthday & he is pretty excited; the celebration will be held after our early dinner of: breaded chicken, rice, salad & broccoli. Next, the gifts: a nice pair of pajamas from Nick & Eriko, an Alaska shirt from his Godparents Denise & Mike, a Blokus game from Grandma & “G” Daddy & a (2) wheel bike with training wheels from Mom & Dad. That bike got his attention & he was ready to hit the road pronto….but his parents talked him out of that idea for today. Following the bike excitement was dessert: the traditional birthday cake with beautiful voices from the choir & ice cream; who could ask for anything more!
Later, normality returns; Nick spends quite some time with Matthew while Jerry & Eriko nap. Nick had downloaded a simple electrical series & parallel circuit for Jerry to learn but Jerry was not quite ready for this @ his age, but Matthew is. So @ times, Matthew was tutored by Nick, Melissa & a tiny bit from me.
Mid afternoon, Matthew & Zack played the first game of Blokus & Matthew understood how to play quite well. It is a game of strategy, trying to play all one’s differently shaped pieces on the board while preventing the opponent(s) from playing his. Matthew suggested Gramma, G-daddy & Eriko play the next Blokus game with him. Matthew played quite well for some time, but the game takes longer with (4) people & Matthew lost interest, leaving the (3) adults to finish the game…Eriko was the uncontested winner.
After the boys have their showers, mid evening healthy snacks, story book reading time & then to bed, some of us adults sit around & have some casual gab time while Kevin gets with Kinley for continued training in the back yard & then they both go walking for (30) mins or more. K & I are both tired out from all the high level excitement & activity so we choose to call it: “a great day @ the Foote Castle” & return to our motel.
Lights out: 11:34pm
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