Well this weekend was the culmination of Merrick's birthday week. At age two birthdays drag on like Hanukkah or the TV show, ER. At any rate we took the family out to eat on Friday night with a couple of other friends and their children. Not an outside activity obviously but the kids were very impressed by wonderful combination of all you can eat desserts and parental apathy. The Bryan boys (and Becky) were at our house when we returned. Friday evening was short for the kids, and Saturday's weather was nice enough to get some backyard soccer and wagon pulling out of the way before Merrick's party started. His party was well attended although it proceeded out of order (presents then food) he was highly impressed by his balloon bouquet and made sure that everyone that arrived was dragged into the living room to see the balloons. The required happy birthday song was sung by all, albeit so out of tune as to not need to pay royalties and was finished off with Sophia's solo of "ChaChaCha."
Merrick is starting to come out of his bashful stage and after a short respite in another room came running into the kitchen and announced in a clear young voice over the din of adult banter "I am baaaack." This generated enough laughter that he continued doing it for the next 8-10 minutes. As his party ended and he in some cases actually pushed people out of the door, it was naps for everyone. As the house woke up in various stages there was little more outside time in the backyard as the adults turned their conversations towards the pending snow storm and the holiday break to come.
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