7:20 David crawled into bed with us like he does every morning. Usually, he goes back to sleep, but this morning there was way too much to discuss, specifically how he didn't feel six. I said it was going to take me some getting used to it too.

Yesterday had had it's ups and down. I had been in a terrible mood for no good reason, and I think David was stressed about the impending birthday, so we fought over using the garden tools correctly and cleaning the bathroom. But then we had a wonderful family birthday party where he announced it was the best day ever.

Today I woke up way more cheerful and so did he.

9:15 Everyone was in such high spirits they forgot to complain about Sunday School starting up again. They both love Sunday School, but usually a restart is difficult. I went home and worked on the class I'm going to teach on incorporating quotes and paraphrasing.

12:15 The high spirits continued through pick-up. At lunch I left John in charge while I talked to Nancy. I came down to find them playing with the new electronic maze making toy.

2:15 Off we went to the gymnastics birthday party. Well, first John got annoyed with me not helping and I raced about sweeping and loading the dishwasher. Then we went off to the birthday party.

2:45 We had David's birthday party at the gymnastics place. They are great--very well organized, safe, and lots of fun challenging activities. We invited all the boys in David's class plus a few other friends. So we ended up with 15 kids, most of them boys 5-7. There was no way I was hosting that in my home. They were actually all very sweet and reasonably well behaved. David was a great host. We have been having trouble accepting gifts politely, as in not announcing "Legos! I already have Legos!" There was none of that today. He even spontaneously said things like "Nice drawing Sam."

John and David made chocolate cupcakes for the family party and chocolate cake for this party, and John is currently baking carrot cake for David's birthday circle. We discovered the older sister of one of David's classmates is also gluten-free, so we had the pleasure of providing her with delicious cake just like everyone else's.

5:00 Home and still happy. Really, if I knew cake and presents would keep my children from fighting, I might load them down every day.

5:30 John and I had leftover Ethiopian red lentils and chicken for dinner. So good. He made it of course. After dinner the kids kept playing together. Usually Rose wants to listen to a book on cd in her room while she makes potholders, and David wants to play with Rose. Ergo tension.

7:40 Rose read to David while he was in the bath!

9:00 John and I watched the last Bourne movie and ate popcorn. I'm feeling mighty relaxed.