Ian’s 13 years old today! He’s really been looking forward to it. I don’t ever remember him counting down to his birthday like he did this year. At the moment, he and Tammy are off and getting his birthday dinner: some shawarma platters from the Pita Basket. And wearing his new mask that Miranda made for him.
Thanks to Tammy and I working today (and I’m in a LearningTree class on Eastern time, so it starts at 7:00 am!) his morning was a little different. I had a light breakfast because when the rest of the family was up, they had Egg McBagels and I had one too, while I sat at the computer in class. Then, when I had a break at 8:30, he got a chance to open presents.
Miranda did a fantastic job of making the mask. It’s Totoro, from My Neighbor Totoro, the Japanese movie. We watched it as part of our family movie night a couple of weeks ago. The most confusing gift was the middle one: the chains and fasteners. It made a lot more sense when he went out to the garage and saw the supports for a slackline that I’d made.
After we finished work, Tammy, Ian and I went out into the 29 degree day (figures that it would be the hottest day of the year) and dug the trenches for the anchors. Here’s the result:
Now it’s shawarma time. Given how tired we are after digging in the heat, I think we’ll all feel a bit like these guys:
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Mmm… shawarma.
Ice cream pizza for a birthday cake!
Looks like some neat stuff Happy Birthday Ian.Talk to you tonight.
Enjoyed your 13th birthday photos, Ian 😍 Looks like you had a lot of fun!