Matt, Ben, and I woke up bright and early Friday morning ready to spend some time on our own. We ventured south to D.L. Bliss for a hike and some beach time. It was wonderful. We did two hiking trails, but a little challenging, but the scenery was incredible. Ben slept for the second one.
When we got back to the house, Ben took a looong nap while everyone but mama went down to the lake and mama blogged. Aaaahhhhh....sweet silence. I LOVE my nieces and nephew and son, but together they make a good deal of noise. As an introvert, I need my quiet alone time. I'm actually a little anal about it. If I go to long without me time I start to get really crabby and, well, not very nice. So the peace was welcome. Ben woke up just as everyone came back, and we were joined by loads more people. Because so many people were there and we were all itching for some fun, we had an impromptu birthday "party" for Ben. I use the term party very liberally...by "party" I mean we had cake and Ben opened two presents. It was over in 20 minutes. But it was fun to give Ben cake and watch him play with the balloons and tissue paper (Why do we even put presents in there?).
ghetto cake
After the "party" Ben went to bed, the kids played with play-dough, and the grown-ups went down to the lake. After that the kids went to bed and we drank and laughed and talked.
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