So let's see if I can finish this post within the next hour so I can start dinner (I'm going to make sausage and vegetable stir fry) and have it ready before my loving husband gets home...we'll see how it turns out.
To start...I had to kinda stretch the truth with my mom a few times so she'd fall for the big surprise. I told her to prepare a list of things for her birthday on which she could make no plans other than to spend the weekend with me. On Thursday night I would drop off part of her gift that she could choose to wear on her birthday the next day if she so chose...so Thursday night, I did not call before I went over. Instead, I used my key and announced my presence. Fortunately, Mom was on the phone AND cooking so she acknowledged me but did not turn around. I walked in the kitchen with Ashton on my hip and Jess just behind us...Ashton did a VERY good job keeping silent. Then, mom turned around and jumped with a frightened/surprised voice when she saw Ashton and he jumped too, scared by her sudden movement. He thought it was funny though. Mom was pleasantly surprised and we let Ashton tell her what the plan was for her birthday....Legoland! She's actually been wanting to check it out for years, so we made it happen!
Legoland was pretty perfect. We made it around the whole park in one day and even caught a fun little performance! I like that a handful of rides require some effort on behalf of the rider. For example, if you want the roller coaster to go faster, you have to pedal! Ashton was tall enough for all except two or three rides. The four of us had a great time and us old folk were exhausted!
Saturday, Grandma and Uncle Adam had to work, so Grandpa, Mommy, and Aunt Ashleigh took Ashton to the beach! I asked Ashton if he wanted to invite my friend Caleb who is his age as well as Caleb's sisters. After telling Ashton about Caleb and his sisters, I asked Ashton if he wanted to play with Aunt Ashleigh and Grandpa of if he wanted me to invite Caleb too. Ashton replied, "I want to play with the sisters." Haha, watch out Joe & Lu! :-) Unfortunately, my little friends were out of town, so we left with just the family. Grandpa insisted on going to Salt Creek which worked out PERFECTLY because we ran into Uncle Scotty whom we haven't seen in YEARS! I was seriously probably in elementary school still. We've missed him sooooooooooooooo much and he taught Ashton how to surf. Well, kind of.
Sunday morning, Jess asked Ashton if he wanted to stay at Grandma and Grandpa's or if he wanted to go to church with Uncle Adam and Aunt Ashleigh to learn about God. He chose to learn about God and Jesus! Adam and I were very impressed with his behavior since we go to church for three hours, but fortunately I happen to spend the second two hours with the three year olds anyway, so he was with me the whole time. He learned about why bugs are important and who made bugs. Then he colored(-ish) a box with butterflies and grasshoppers and other bugs which he showed to all of the adults at church and then to Grandma, Grandpa, and Mommy. He also like the butterfly game we played in Sunday School. When we were leaving the classroom, I told Ashton that we needed to find Uncle Adam first. He said, "You mean your prince?" Cutest!!
Later that afternoon, the Fawleys came over for Mom's birthday cake...made by Dad and Jess. The cake was great and Mom loved her present that ALL of us there pitched in to get for her - a stand mixer! Finally! And Ashton provided the entertainment! :-) We told Ashton that Erin was Tinkerbell. He LOVES Tinkerbell. Ben really wanted to teach Ashton that this fruit Ashton had was a lemon and not an orange, so I went out a picked an orange. Ben held the lemon behind his back and Erin sprinkled pixie dust and Ben turned it into an orange! Ashton thought that was funny. Then, back behind Ben's back, Erin sprinkled MORE pixie dust and WOW, a lemon AND an orange! This time Ashton's expression was much more perplexed and intrigued. "Make applesauce!" I rush into the kitchen to find applesauce and we do it all again. "Make a fish!" I find a plastic fish and we do the routine again - Ashton is loving every minute! "Make a dog!" "Make a horse!" And we ran out of pixie dust... ;-). That night I cuddled with Ashton 'til he was ready to go to bed and he told Adam and I to have a boy cousin for him.
Monday morning, I heard Ashton had a hard time sleeping. He was crying all night that he couldn't find his Tinkerbell. Awww....he didn't like that Aunt Ashleigh didn't have magic powers like Erin the night before. I drove over so Jess could pack their things and I took Ashton to the park for an hour. We played Prince and Princess as well as Superheroes until Grandma showed up and brought snacks! When it was time for Jess and Ashton to leave, we ate a quick lunch and sent them on their way. I was so sad to see them go. I wish they could move out here...I'd love to have them around. And I know Jessica would love the help! Anyway, Mom's birthday really couldn't have gotten any better in my opinion.
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