Our Big Birthday Boy!

Patrick Allen turned 8 yesterday! He is getting to be such a big boy! Again the days pass so quickly. 8 years is quite a long time on the other hand. It sounds contradictory I know, but thinking back on when he was born, the place, what we looked like (good Lord…Ha), what we had gone through at the time…thankfully it is all in the past.
It was a good time, to be sure, but I was never one to be too nostalgic over the past and brood to long over times gone by. I don’t think there was ever an instant when I wanted to go back into time and change some things, even to change wrong doings. I figured if they happened, they were meant to happen, and my part was to learn form the experience, and move on.
Anyway, He seemed to have really enjoyed his day. We went to a wax museum saw some pretty true to life wax figures and others that looked just like…well, wax. (Sorry weren’t permitted to take pics..)There was also an interesting mirror maze that we had to go through in order to see the rest of the gallery. It was an interesting illusion. The mirrors were tilted at just the right angle in order to not reflect our images. At the suggestion from a guide we were advised to walk through with our hands and arms outstretched. It was sound advice, at a few intervals Patrick, a little over confidant, bashed himself against a few mirrors, he had assumed the role of our guide down the maze and so went ahead of us. It was a good thing as he had been quite reluctant to go in, in the first place. He is a very cautious child and leery of doing anything just for the thrill of the thing. In some ways a mature train of thought, but at others a serious handicap. It prevents him form experiencing some fun things in young life, and has a tendency to lean toward the cowardly.
After the museum we went and had lunch at Pizza Hut. We enjoyed two pizzas immensely, quite the treat! Well, it was either Burger King, or Pizza Hut, both had great deals. In our small family we prefer Burgers over much else, but Patrick was content to try something else for a change…not that I know of too many people who will put down the offer of a pizza—except children. For the simple fact that Pizza Hut does not afford the simple commodity of a jungle gym! Children will be children!
Then it was back to the house to a home made cold fruit pie, as per Pat’s request, and jello! Then we watched “The Wild” and uncle Andrew made the kids de-cafe Frappe’s with Oreo’s and cream—the long awaited “adult treat”, that we had promised them we would make a “child” version of, therefore the de-café.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAT!!!