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No what’s fun about having grandparents over at your house? You get to stay up late, play cars, read books and eat yummy treats like ‘bips’! Such was the life of Zachy and Patrick this weekend as Grandpa Badgley made a visit.

So when grandpa arrived it was down to business very quickly for the boys. The ‘business’ at hand involved whizzing cars back-and-forth as quickly as possible.

Once they tired from that game (coincidently at the same time grandpa’s knees got sore) it was time to read some good books on the couch. Zach loves to read books and he had a pile of them for grandpa to read.

When it was bedtime poor Patrick had a breakdown as he didn’t want to sleep in his new/temporary location. We had moved his playpen into our room so dad could use the guest room (where Pat normally sleeps) but Pat was going to have none of it. He was in such distress that when we picked him up his face was covered in tears, sweat, drool and goober!

So it was back to his regular room and when we put him to bed he was quiet immediately and we didn’t hear another peep from him for the rest of the night. Talk about a creature of habit!

This past Saturday was a fun day for the family as it was Oliver’s birthday party, and Zach and Pat were guests (along with there parents to, of course) at this special occasion.

When we arrived we could see Oliver peeking outside the Mazerolle’s big bay window, and as we got out of the car we could hear him calling “Hello Zachy”, “Hello baby Pat”. Once the boys were inside it was full-out running and excitement – at least for Zach and Oliver. Patrick contented himself with some balloons and other toys that he found on the floor.

The running was fun, but it wasn’t to long before Zach spied a shiny new Richard Scarry book that Oliver had been given earlier for his birthday and was compelled to sit down and read. He loves books – especially ones by Richard Scarry.

As for Oliver? He played us a nice song on his one-string guitar.

Soon the food (pizza) arrived and we all stuffed ourselves, with the exception of Zach who was “scared” of being fed by either Julia or myself. Oh the fun we have trying to feed that silly boy!

If Oliver was excited about having friends and family over, then he was even more excited about his birthday cake. It didn’t’ take him long at all to polish off a big piece .. with “hardly” any mess at all!