Todd spent his actual birthday in LA, what with his school closing down early. This year, we thought it would be nice to have the family come up to SB so they could see the new house.
We got to show the entire family not only the new house, but the surrounding community and amenities (clubhouse, pool, billiards room, etc). The sun came out in the afternoon, making for a pleasant deck experience, overlooking the lake.
Todd enjoyed playing with his new toys: a bocce-ball-like game from Amir and Priyanka, a new electric circuit set from Ron and Debbie (Amir, the electrical engineer, enjoyed that one, too!), ice cream maker from Grandpa, microscope from Oma and Opa, and magnetic dartboard and pyramid-shaped Rubik's-Cube-like puzzle from Grandma and Grandpa Duaine.
The little man is 7 now. Wow, hard to believe it's been that many years already. He's so tall, most people think he's 8 or 9, yet he still has a baby face typical of 5/6 year olds. My little boy is growing up!
Presents for Mommy and Daddy
As part of getting ready to come up to SB for his birthday party, Todd was preparing some stuff to give to Daddy for a Father's Day present. He'd been saving up coins in his piggy bank for some time, occasionally exchanging the coins for dollar bills with Oma. He was counting the money he had by adding up all the previous transactions. Oma mentioned that Father's Day was coming up, and wondered if Todd was going to give Daddy anything for Father's Day. The following conversation ensued:
Todd: Yes, I'll give him money!
Oma: Oh, how nice. How much are you gonna give?
Todd: $10
Oma: Wow, that's generous. How about Mommy? Are you going to give her anything for Mother's Day?
Todd: I'll give her $10, too.
Oma: (laughing) that's REALLY generous! But... you won't have enough money!
Todd: Yes, I will! I have $27!
Oma: Actually, you added it wrong. You only have $13. You don't have enough to give Mommy and Daddy both $10 each.
Todd (pondering a bit): Okay, I'll give them $4 each.
A few hours later, Oma dug up some red Chinese envelopes for Todd to put the money in, and gave them to him. When she retrieved them to make sure it was amongst the pile of things to bring to SB in a couple days, she noticed that each envelope contained only $2.
Oma: What happened? I thought you were giving them $4 each?
Todd: Well... I changed my mind.
Apparently he had done some math and realized that if he gave us $8, he'd only have $5 left for himself! So he revised the present amounts accordingly. Still, Allan and I accepted our gifts from our son with glee and gratitude :-)
Todd: Yes, I'll give him money!
Oma: Oh, how nice. How much are you gonna give?
Todd: $10
Oma: Wow, that's generous. How about Mommy? Are you going to give her anything for Mother's Day?
Todd: I'll give her $10, too.
Oma: (laughing) that's REALLY generous! But... you won't have enough money!
Todd: Yes, I will! I have $27!
Oma: Actually, you added it wrong. You only have $13. You don't have enough to give Mommy and Daddy both $10 each.
Todd (pondering a bit): Okay, I'll give them $4 each.
A few hours later, Oma dug up some red Chinese envelopes for Todd to put the money in, and gave them to him. When she retrieved them to make sure it was amongst the pile of things to bring to SB in a couple days, she noticed that each envelope contained only $2.
Oma: What happened? I thought you were giving them $4 each?
Todd: Well... I changed my mind.
Apparently he had done some math and realized that if he gave us $8, he'd only have $5 left for himself! So he revised the present amounts accordingly. Still, Allan and I accepted our gifts from our son with glee and gratitude :-)
