Happy 34th to this guy. He looks happy here but don't let the end-of-the-day pic fool you into thinking the entire day felt like this. It was a birthday that I think he'd preferred to have been ordinary. Let's just say he's had better birthdays. Better yet, let's just quickly jot down, for memories sake, what made it stand out.
1. Started off the day with an upset wife from something neither of us can remember now. Why couldn't I let bygones be bygones this day?
2. His birthday fell on Sunday with church starting at 1:30. That can ruin anyone's day--1:30 church that is. But maybe in Kyle's case any church service no matter the time.
3. He was pulled over and ticketed on the way to church. This was done by an officer who clocked our vehicle while driving towards us on the opposite side of the road and while he simultaneously ate a donut! Not a joke. Unfortunately, it was as recent as 4 weeks earlier that he'd received a speeding ticket on our trip to San Antonio. He'd just finished dealing with that ticket when this one came a knockin'. With the officer back in his car pouring over Kyle's driving short comings while missing entirely the significance of the day and date on his license . . . or just finishing off his jelly-filled, the kids and I tried to make light of the situation. It kind of became the silver lining of the day. We've recently implemented a vocabulary chalkboard in our kitchen. And with 5 new words under our belts we put them to good use. It went something like this:
Me: Obnoxiously leaning over the console invading Kyle's space, "This is the definition of perturbed, isn't it?"
Jade: "I know, right? Isn't it ironic that you got pulled over on your birthday?"
Ty: Thrilled to be catching on says, "Yeah, that cop is not very clever!" (So he used the word with intent to name call rather then for it's definition mostly. But it works.)
Me: "If you'd have just been more dilatory on this back road." (We used the definition: slow to act. And for the record this was Kyle's word of choice, one that I banned after a few days when I realized the kids weren't taking to it but mostly for fear of our children being made fun of. The vocab words have to be words that they'll feel comfortable using or they won't use them and therefore, I think, they will forget their meaning. Plus there's a plethora of less nerdy words out there to be learned. Okay, plethora is kind of nerdy too.)
Jaden: "Oh look, the officer's bringing you his donut for your birthday! I'm being facetious."
4. It was after Kyle drove off with ticket in hand that he raised the white flag. He dropped us off at church, shirking his nursery duties and drove, very slowly, all the way home, in shirt and tie, with his tail between his legs, to wallow in self pity.
And 3 hours later he rolled up to church to pick us up as a much happier guy. Thank goodness because throwing fits just isn't becoming of a 34 year old. :)
I love this sequence of Reese loosing it. I can't remember what was wrong with her. I don't think she liked the happy birthday song that Kyle was leading as you can very well see. Or, now that I'm looking more closely, maybe it's because she didn't have a slice of pie!
And I'll go ahead and speak for Kyle when I say this lemon meringue turned the day on its head! We love you, Kyle, and we promise to make your 35th birthday extraordinary! Starting that off might only need require that it fall on a weekday, your wife speaks to you, you don't get behind the wheel and you are granted another fresh pastry.
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