This weekend Bud and the Sister-in-Law (who is still in need of a nickname) came down for Monkey’s 3rd birthday party* and also to meet Spiderman. They came in Friday night. Saturday morning, well, I had to have the Sister-in-Law wrap Monkey’s present because I don’t yet have enough range of motion in my arm and PB is just not so good at that. I had Bud carry in my new vacuum cleaner. He put it together later that afternoon. (I was overly excited about this vacuum. With good cause, it seems. Picking up a lot more than my old vacuum.)

The party was Saturday afternoon. Luckily, the rain held out until the evening.

Highlights from the party:

• No grill flare-ups, unlike last year, when my firefighter Brother-in-Law left the grill unattended.
  
• Spiderman Cake! (Tasted like marble cake.)
  
• Not sure what attracted him to it, but Monkey pulled our gift out of the pile first.
  
• Good thing. He completely lost interest in opening his gifts halfway through.
  
• When to told that a gift was from Goose he looked around confused, as if he had no idea who this uncle was. (Goose needs to visit, apparently.)
  
• His two favorite gifts? The one we got him and the one from Bud and the Sister-in-Law . (Note to self: must check out the “silly” mode on that one.)
  

They headed home the next day. That evening, I went over to visit the boys and mom and dad. I walked in, Monkey looked at me and said, “Where’s Jason?” Sorry kid, just boring ol’ me.

*Parents came too, they just stayed with TRgirl and Randy.