It Occurs to Me...

...that I was supposed to post about Elijah's birthday party and my date with Rob.

DATE WITH ROB

Turns out that I don't have any idea what the date with Rob post was supposed to be about.  I'm sure there was some blog post idea bouncing around inside my head, but the ball stopped bouncing.  Here's what I remember now:

I went on a date with Rob.  It was nice.  We went to, uh, ... a restaurant.  We ate.  We may or may not have also seen a movie.  No, I think that we didn't.  My mom was home with the kids.  Or maybe I'm thinking of some other date?  Hmm.

NO CLUE why it seemed important to write about.  Maybe the fact that we actually went on a date was important enough to be of note.

Announcement:  Rob and I went on a date.

The reality of life is that Rob and I don't go on many dates.  I remember when it was SO IMPORTANT to have that one-on-one time with him.  Away from home.  On a regular basis.  But those days are gone.  My children aren't babies.  We have entire days that feel like dates because the kids go play and we don't see them for hours upon hours.  Why leave the house and spend money, when we can spend time together at home for free?

We're so old and boring.  This is what 11 years of marriage looks like.  Don't you all want to get married now?  Come!  Get married!  Watch the magic fade into boringness!  I promise you'll like it!

(Must be in a weird mood.  Side note:  This is when I debate deleting this entire post.)

ELIJAH'S BIRTHDAY

Wanna know what was awesome about Elijah's birthday?  On March 30th we had a Summer Birthday Party!  It was fantastic.  The kids played outside with Rob for hours and hours, and it was great.  T-shirt weather.  They only came in when it got dark.  In March!!!  I'm sure you've all now seen the stats on how truly awesome March was for most of the nation, particularly the Eastern parts, and I'm here to tell you:  IT WAS AMAZING.

Also really cool is that Rob likes to play games outside with the kids.  It still cracks me up that he really wants to put a gate on the other side of our house so that each side has a gate to walk through.  Why does he want this?  To play better games outside, of course!  That Rob is an awesome dad.

Elijah asked for Legos, Legos, and more Legos for his birthday.  Strangely, everyone gave him Legos.  Guess which of our 3 kids isn't actually interested in Legos?  Yep, Elijah.  Tank and Miciah love them and can spend hours putting sets together or making their own contraptions.  But Eiljah just doesn't care.  That's the power of Legofest:  Convinces kids who don't care about Legos that they actually can't live without Legos.

FUNNY CONVERSATION I HAD WITH ELIJAH

I decided to check out Pandora, so for a few days I entered some songs I love and watched what came about.  And I discovered a song that isn't new, but is new to me, and I love it:  Good Charlotte's I Don't Wanna Be In Love (Dance Floor Anthem).



(Video is song with lyrics because the music video on youtube kinda sucks.)

I was in the car with Elijah listening to this song and this is what went down:

Elijah:  Did he say that he doesn't WANT to be in love?
Tamra:  Yeah.
Elijah:  Who wouldn't want to be in love?  It's awesome.
[pause]
Elijah:  I mean, people say it's awesome.
[I explain that the song is about people who were mistreated in their relationships and that being in love isn't awesome when you're in love with a douche bag.]
Elijah:  Yeah, but why wouldn't you want to be in love?  Everyone wants to be in love.
[pause]
Elijah:  I like the song.  The music is good.  The singing is good.  But I think that most people wouldn't like the lyrics.

I've been crackin' up about that stumble.  "I mean, people say it's awesome."  Love that Elijah kid.


And that's all I've got.  Hope your Mother's Day was good, great, or at least tolerable.  (I got a concert.  The upside?  Rob and my kids sang for me.  The downside?  I had to wear a dress.  What's that about?)