I said it before and I’ll say it again – it’s birthday month in our house! Laurence’s birthday is coming up this Tuesday. He’ll be fourteen. The boy is taller than me now at 5’8 and nearing the end of middle school. He had his party yesterday, with just family and one close friend over, and he chose a “fancy” theme. This meant that guests had the option to dress up for the party (it was about 50/50 who did this), and we made fancy snack foods (like baked brie and bacon-wrapped-stuffed-dates). Laurence likes his parties to be very low-key, so he usually keeps the guest list very small (he considered asking no one to come this year) and the games to a minimum.
That was pretty much the run of it this year. I got some good pictures – cutting the cake, Laurence in his new Ravens’ chef hat next to his grandmother (who wore a party hat like in Go Dogs Go), Laurence making the “serene yoga woman” face that came on the packaging of his new yoga mat…ha! We actually pulled out the yoga dice gift that I got for my birthday last week and spun to see what moves everyone had to do. My half-sister (who is only eight months older than Laurence) did awesome on them all! And she almost never does yoga!
Laurence got some good presents too, including a basketball and hoop from his Wisconsin grandparents, a bunch of stuff for his X-Wing games, and a ton of Ravens merchandise. (Can you tell he’s the sporty one of the family?) After everyone left the party and we got the house cleaned up, we went out for dinner at a local favorite restaurant. He’ll have his special dinner (General Tso chicken) on Tuesday for his actual birthday. Happy birthday, Laurence!
Tomorrow is the start of spring break for us. Wish me luck as the boys are home 24/7 for the next week!
The Zen Leaf 
Yay, Happy Birthday, Laurence! 🙂
That sounds like you had a really cool time! I can relate, I am sporty as well (which means interested in watching all kinds of sports & getting really into it 😀 )
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It’s rare to find another sporty book blogger! I enjoy some sports on TV but I enjoy most in person, and even love playing water sports (I was a swimmer in my teen years). I feel bad for Laurence because neither Jason nor I are particularly knowledgeable about most sports, but I try for him.
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Wow, spring break already that’s awesome! You are an awesome mom! I wish for you a great week and don’t hurt the kids for being kids .lol
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Snort. I like that – don’t hurt the kids. 😀
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lmao I figured you would!
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Sound like great birthday! Hoping you all have actual spring weather for your spring break. It’s cooooold here. And thanks for the tip about Children of Blood & Bones. I think I’ll put myself on the library hold list.
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We’ve been having fairly lovely weather this week, which is good because last Saturday it was in the 90s!
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Happy birthday, Laurence! It sounds like he had a pretty great party. I hope his actual birthday is just as amazing.
Good luck during spring break! Hopefully the weather will cooperate, and you can get them all out of the house, or get yourself out as needed!
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It’s been really nice, and they have a house project outside to work on, which gets them really worn out. That’s always good. 😀
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