Three-Pack Tuesdays: Last Year Single Digits

Saturday, October 17, 2015

Last Year Single Digits

This is the last year I will have a child in single digits, sniff, sniff! At work yesterday, one of my co-workers brought her daughter in with her new grandbaby. As I was chatting with her daughter, she was asking me about tricks/tips for her teething little baby girl. I drew a complete blank. I told her it's been so long since I had a baby but that Orajel was a lifesaver. She asked if her little girl was too young for it (because the doctors said she was). Again, a complete blank. How is it that that time moves this quickly. I used to "pretend" I knew everything about raising babies and could give advice at the drop of a hat. Today, I feel so far removed from that as my baby turns NINE today. Instead of teething, he is losing all of those baby teeth. Instead of fussing about being in pain, he can tell me, and I can take care of it with an ice pack or quick dose of Motrin. The baby days are long gone and life is full speed ahead. It makes me sad and glad at the same time.

Miles couldn't be any sweeter if he tried. He is a conformist (but not in a bad way - more in a compliant and easy to be around "let's play whatever" kind of way) and totally loves being with his friends. He's fun loving and uncomplicated-typical 3rd child criteria. He thinks his brother is coolest and follows his lead, sometimes to his detriment.

Whatever Miles is into at any given moment lasts quite a while - a creature of habit - currently, he's obsessed with wrestling. For a while it was golf and before that basketball. Dominoes resurface here and there. He uses all the dominoes, wooden blocks and Jenga pieces he can scrounge up.

He likes working out with Matt in the garage - lifting weights and jumping rope.

His current favorite breakfast is a honeybun and sausage biscuit. However, it didn't take much convincing to get him to go to Waffle House this morning to celebrate. He absolutely loves their toast and mixed fruit jelly. No one can make toast like Waffle House.

Our boys love their Uncle Seth!

The whole crew at Waffle House! We love our little Miles's!

He is going to have a birthday party tomorrow with family and friends at the Regal 12 to see the new Goosebumps movie. It's a birthday filled weekend of fun for our precious Miles!

UPDATE (Oct. 18)

We had a wonderful time at Regal Cinemas celebrating Miles's 9th Birthday. We had quite a crew, and Sunday afternoon is the perfect time to see a movie (especially on a chilly fall day).

Come if you dare, you're in for a scare!

I hadn't planned to stay for the movie since our party package included one ticket for the birthday boy and one ticket for a parent. I figured I would just head over to Kroger and pick up the birthday cake while the kids and Matt were at the movie. I had made the party reservations before Fall Break, and at the time I was booking, the movie was going to be 2-D at 2 p.m. I was a bit surprised that Regal already had their movie times. Usually they aren't posted until the week of the release. However, the lady I spoke with had all the movie times so I decided to go ahead and plan a party around it. After Fall Break, the theater called to confirm my numbers and proceeded to tell me that the movie was a 3-D movie. Not only do our kids not really like 3-D, I knew that would make my party more expensive. AND, I knew I couldn't watch the movie - 3-D movies + my eyes + motion = not good. I told the lady that I understood they had made a mistake but that I had planned my number (and party time) based on the information I was given. Regal was super sweet about it and gave me some additional free passes to offset the cost. It really wasn't the cost so much (3-D movies are about $3+ more expensive), more the fact that they told me one thing and then it changed. Either way, it worked out, and the kids had a blast!