Celebration

Yesterday was a celebratory one, but not for the big reason we've been waiting for.  Noah took care of that business in his diaper at bedtime last night.  The good news is that he is keeping his diaper dry all night and is keeping his pants dry during the day.  He will get there.

It was celebratory because we had Uncle Eric's birthday party.  We started off with lunch at Z Pizza and finished at their house for ice cream and cake.  Noah spoke glowingly of the event.  Then later I dropped Amanda off at home so she could rest while I took the kids out.  We went to Sam's Club because we were completely out of a staple in our house.  Milk?  Bread?  Butter?  Nothing as trivial as these.  No, we needed ketchup.

Before Sam's I took the kids to the mall at the Streets at Southpoint per their request.  Lily really wanted to go to Crabtree because of the LEGO store, but I had to explain that was too far out of the way.  Noah just wanted to ride up and down the escalators.  The highlight for Lily was browsing at Justice.  She decided that all the knick-knacks at eye level were "tempting."  At least she understands how they are marketing to her.  I feel like that's a win.