supervising from the couch: Birthday Boy

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Birthday Boy

It wasn't a big milestone or party year for Joey. He did get Dunford's chocolate donuts for his class...

And a few presents...

Besides his suit (which he picked out and wore a couple of days early), he got Ninjago Legos, a Spiderman DS game, The Guinness Book of World Records and the latest book in the Magyk series.

We had grilled chicken with (his favorite) roasted potatoes and carrots for his birthday dinner, followed by lemon pie instead of cake.

Here are some of his favorites at age eleven, from the poster he made for school:

We love you Joey!

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here's the story:

I was interviewed for a newpaper article about kids and sleep, and quoted as saying something like "when I'm tired, I feel like supervising from the couch." Ever since, it's been our catch phrase for slacker parenting. Ironically, I only had one child at the time and we were practically attached at the hip. Now that I have four older kids, they spend chunks of time playing without even the benefit of me watching from the couch. However, I do try to come running if it sounds like there might be blood. Somehow they have all thrived in spite of me.