Wyatt’s Day

I am now officially the mother of a teenager.  It is amazing how that happened.  It just kind of slipped in there.

We had a blast celebrating Wyatt today.  Our morning started early again-4 am.  So we were able to welcome in the day.  I made a big breakfast with potatoes, bacon, eggs, sausage, fruit, and toast.  It tasted so good to have bacon and sausage again.  Yummy!  We went bowling, hung out at Sport’s Authority, had Subway for lunch (per Wyatt’s request), then we all crashed for a three hour nap.  It took awhile to fully wake up after that, then we had homemade pizza, played around outside, took the girls hair out of the braids, went to see a movie (Gnomeo and Juliet), came home and had cake and ice cream and then bed.  I had a few gifts for Wyatt that I picked up in Indo before we left, and then the girls got Wyatt a new soccer ball.  I love how the kids are getting less materialistic.  It was great to see Wyatt happy about the few things he got instead of wishing for more. He was so thankful for the fun day we were able to spend together.

Here are some pictures:

While we were out driving today Cale was intrigued by all the road kill he saw – (you don’t see that in Indo), and he thought water towers were pretty cool, too.  Earlier in the day he saw a ground hog in our neighbors yard and wondered what it was.  He also saw squirrels for the first time in quite awhile.  I love how new the world seems when you are 5 and have been in a different country for 4 of those years.  What a sense of wonderment!  Do you ever feel like that when you go outside and take in the beauty?  The Indonesian sky would take my breath away.  I can’t wait to see the world painted around us as we travel the West coast.

But first I NEED sleep.

Love

Rachel