Birthday

So have I told you about poor Chris and his birthday a few weeks back? It started by heading to his favorite donut place on the southside, Old Fashioned Donuts. Chris and Nick were supposed to go. But then Nick decided not to at the last minute so I got ready. Then Nick got mad at Pop Pop (folks and Megan were still in town) and decided he wanted to come. So 45 minutes later we all piled in the car. Raced there and home because Peri was back at home and expecting to be fed. Not relaxing, but the donuts and apple fritter were delicious!

I took the gang to the airport and came home in time to get the boys out to lunch. We decided to eat at home to save calories for the yummy dinner/desserts to be had downtown later and so everyone could get a nap. Not a good idea. Nick bellyached and wouldn't nap. This left us with a still sugar-filled, overly tired mess of a kid to bring with us.

We started to head downtown where Nick and Chris had tickets for the speedboat ride! We were taking our time walking to Navy Pier for them to catch the boat when we realized that it was much later than we thought. So we tossed Nick and Chris in a cab and they hauled it the remaining blocks to the Pier. Peri and I walked since we didn't have a car seat with us on our walk. The speed boat was probably the best part of the day. Don't they look so happy?
That quickly changed. Nick was beyond tired at this point and kept insisting we eat at Navy Pier. We had to explain over and over that it wasn't his birthday and he didn't get to decide. We hopped on a free trolley to head to dinner and it was packed. A nice man gave me his seat since I had the baby. Nick had a fit because he didn't have a seat. Sigh. We finally decided to just grab some food quickly before Nick's meltdown became a disaster. Too late. A lame dinner and a melt down ensued. Poor Chris was done by this point and just wanted to go home. Can't blame him.

Next year will be better - really!!!