We won't quantify how many birthdays that makes for her but she's not next to her mid-life crisis. However, she and Ed have had more than their share of stress the last few months so after a nice birthday dinner at the Outback and dessert back at our place, we offered to watch the older two sons at our house while Ed and Tiff took advantage of the midnight sale at Toys 'R' Us and then celebrated appropriately until late this morning.
Tim & Jake were very well behaved, waiting until after 8:00 to make any living sounds at all. Then they were happy sounds. They helped Carolyn fix breakfast and when Edward came over, they pitched in with mowing and edging the lawn. Carolyn had already recruited them for vacuuming the carpet and mopping or polishing the kitchen floor. I think we could stand to have them overnight a couple more times.
Sounds like a fantastic arrangement for all.
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