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| Last night as eleven. |
Josiah wanted to spend his last night as an eleven year old sleeping downstairs on the couch with Benson and me. We stayed up and watched Goofy shorts from the 1940s. At 10:00 p.m., Josiah was still wide awake, but I was barely making it. I fell asleep while he took out a book to read. I have no idea when he fell asleep, however I do know when I woke up. 2:20 a.m. Benson. I took him out, he did his business, and I put him back in his crate. At 4:18 a.m. the dog woke me up again. He didn't have to go outside, he just wanted out of his crate. The same crate he naps in all day long, he needed out at 4:18 in the morning. I let him out and at 4:24 a.m., Josiah woke up. Josiah was so excited for his birthday and that he couldn't fall back asleep. Excitedly he looked at me and said, "We can talk til 6:00." Well, we could...or we could go back to sleep. I had to apologize, telling him that I was excited for his birthday, but still hoping to sleep til 6. I went upstairs to get that extra 90 minutes of sleep. The poor kid. He had asked everyone the night before to be up by 6. Henry didn't wake til 6:30 and Caroline not until 7. I was somewhere between their times.
He was blessed with gifts by so many.
Despite our not waking up on time, he had a really good day. He chose doughnuts for breakfast, although he chose pre-packaged over fresh, which I think he regretted in the end. He had to forgo the sugary cereal this year because of his braces. Most cereals are too hard for him and we're not taking any more risks with his brackets. After filling himself with sugary doughnuts, he spent the morning putting together his Lego kits.
For lunch he had requested Domino's pizza. We picked up the pizza and his favorite friend in all the world. They spent the afternoon playing video games, having light saber battles outside, and playing his new game Apples to Apples. He really loves this game. We played the game a few times this past week, but always during the day. Then Todd wanted to play in the evening with us and he, of course, read the rules. As is always the case, we had not been playing correctly. Now we do and it is even more fun.
And then came the cake. Josiah loves mint chocolate. He especially loves Andes mints. He wanted to make a cake that looked like an Andes mint candy. We baked his cake in two loaf pans, stuck some mint chocolate chip ice cream in the middle, and called it an Andes. He took some cream cheese icing, dyed it green, and decorated the top with the Andes logo. (He did not want any more icing than this - he is not a fan of icing.) After the word was written, he added mint M&Ms and a few Andes mints. We sang and then he wanted to slice it for us. He cut giant slices, which he instantly regretted once all five were sliced. Half the cake was gone. In the days that followed, he had me cut much slimmer slices to make it last.
And now we have a twelve year old. It is hard to believe.
Henry had a good week at jiu jitsu. His gi came in and it is very nice, a very thick fabric, a sturdy gi. He got to pick the gi - the color and style. They had a bunch of colors to chose from, but Henry chose white. His reasoning, "because my blackbelt will look better against a white gi." He gets right in there during class and really enjoys it so far. It's a good martial art to learn for self defense.
We have had a really chilly week. Benson has learned to find the sun throughout the day and he likes to nap there when it is feasible. One day he caught the sun on the stairs. We saw him there and thought it was so cute. Then we went back to do our school work. Twenty minutes later we heard him fall off the stairs. Poor dog. He went back to his soft crate after that.
Benson was also gifted a paw print ornament for Christmas from Grandma and Grandpa. How many humans does it take to get a dog to put his paw on some clay?
This week begins with an orthodontist appointment for Josiah. He made it these past 8 weeks without losing a single bracket. We were so relieved!
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