Well, the birthday party went over -- with a bit of a surprise thrown in. One of my oldest friends, Prabha, showed up with her husband Clark, son Lokesh and two other friends, Angela and Shirley. It was *just* a thirteen hour drive from San Jose for Prab and family but they made it! Wow! Was I stunned! The boys were thrilled as well -- Jason especially because Lokesh, who is 9, played soccer AND legos with him. We also saw Chris again. Sigh. He did get into the pool and as long as his feet touched the bottom he was okay. I know I shouldn't second guess someone else's parenting but I really think TK should've gotten him back in the water immediately. Keeping him out of it didn't help him get over the fear, it just reinforced it. Ah well... chocolate over the bridge, as Hank would say!
Mom arrives on Tuesday and on friday we take the train to Portland. That should be an exciting (if expensive!) trip.
Did have a funny encounter with Xander last night. While I was helping him use the potty, we had the following conversation:
Xander: Mommy, I have a dirty secret.
Mommy: Really? What?
Xander: I like to get dirty.
Mommy: That is not really a secret.
Xander: I have a clean secret too.
Mommy: What is that?
Xander: I wrote a love song for you and it goes like this: "I LOVE MOMMY POOPY POOPY POOP!!' Then he was quiet for a moment. "I don't know the rest of the words."
Mommy, trying hard to keep a straight face and failing: "Thats okay, you can work on it."
Xander: "Okay!" and off to bed.
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