Birthday Boy!

A few quick posts from Michael's birthday last month. Grandpa Gayle came out for Michael's birthday and brought a VERY exciting present ~

a new big boy bike!





Miranda also got a present sent from Grandma Gayle, the blanket that she made me when I became a big sister back in 1979. (Dude, is my little sister that old now?)

We put it on her bed that night and she won't sleep without it now. :)

We invited a few boys over from Michael's kindergarten class and the E&E cousins came down from Gilbert for a small all-boy party, so Grandpa got to spend a lot of time with Miranda that Saturday.

Grandpa was such a good sport to let Miranda bury him and then jump on him!

Meditation

Michael has a special spot that he likes to run ahead and sit at, and then meditate until Miranda and I catch up with him on our way home from the Rec Center. He's really quite cute about it. The spot is actually a cement access panel on top of a storm drain just across the street from our house, and it's surrounded by eucalyptus tree limbs hanging down all around. It's always shady there, and always a nice spot for him to relax at for 30 seconds or so, even in the heat of summer.



And here are both of the M&Ms in the tree behind Michael's spot. Technically in our neighbor's yard but I took the picture real quick and we got out of their yard before they probably even knew we were there!