Today Andy and I celebrate our fourth wedding anniversary. He's got a cold. So does Donny. So we took the stir crazy kid with us to the Rose Festival village for a walk and lunch. Auntie Jo came too. He spent most of the time with his legs kicking wildly while his hat sunk further and further down his face until it covered his eyes. This didn't seem to bother him for some reason. It WAS a cold and windy day to be outside, but seriously he could not see anything but the inside of his hat. I pulled it out of his face many times and he pulled it back over his eyes - silly kid!
Then we had lunch. I had some yummy curry chicken and fry bread which I shared with the Don (he seems to like curry, horray!), Joann had coffee from the Himalayas, and Andy had a brat with the works and his lemon shaker. It was when we were done with our freezing meal that Andy spotted Sponge Bob. He pretended to be afraid that Sponge Bob would see him, then he rolled Donny's stroller over to see him, assuming that he would be frightened of a large yellow square creature with giant eyes and mouth. Sponge Bob, too, seemed a bit afraid to approach Donny and scare him.
This is when our lethargic, sick little boy smiled, reached out, and shook Sponge's finger. He smiled for at least a minute afterwards before settling back into his hat over the eyes stupor.
He has refused to take a nap so far today besides the 20 minutes he got in the car. I wonder if being sick has made it too hard to stay asleep? Oh well! He's happily babbling and beating his toys against the floor right now, so I'm not going to worry about it.
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After a late nap (4:30-6:00) we had to wake the poor boy up to drag him out of the house yet again. But it was so worth it! It was opening night of Peter Pan out in Washougal and we couldn't miss it even for an anniversary. Because of Donny's cold, we decided not to leave him with a sitter, but to try having him watch with us. I was poised at the exit to take him out as soon as the inevitable emotional outburst began.
The show opened with much anticipation and the audience was jazzed. Then the moment when Peter Pan flew into the room arrived and the house cheered. Donny was also excited and jumped in my lap until the clapping died down. Then he settled back in to watch. He made it all the way through the first act - and I only had to put a bottle in his mouth twice because he was talking. He was enthralled with the singing and dancing and seemed to even like the dialog (though Captain Hook bored him - maybe it was the booing?)
During intermission we let him roll around on the floor and shriek. It seemed like he was ready to be free. I figured I'd miss the second half. I was wrong! He settled in very nicely and watched the whole show. He got a bit drowsy at one point, but he clapped whenever a song ended (even if the actors started talking in the middle of a song which was not done and he was the only clapper!)
After the show Donny was clearly tired, and so were his parents, so we left right away. But Andy heard Donny beg for Sonic :) so we stopped at the brand new Sonic which has finally made it's way to Vancouver and had dinner. Our third wheel didn't spoil our anniversary dinner one bit. He sat in the backseat and talked to the lights and carhops happily while we had our romantic fast food topped with a pineapple sundae.
What a great day! And to top it off, Donny started making forward progress today by getting on toes and forearms and lurching forward to get things. Crawling can't be too far off now?
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