This morning Jessica and I woke up and were kid free. My kids (Nara and Elan) spent the night at my parents and Sol (Jessica's son) spent the past four days (MEA Weekend) up north with Jessica's Mom, Step-Dad and family.
We slept in (for a change) and then spent the morning reading the paper, cleaning and preparing for my Elan's birthday celebration scheduled today at my parents house. His birthday is Halloween, but he will be with his mom next weekend, so we decided to have a small get-to-gether at my parents house to celebrate Elan's 4th birthday.
Jessica and I went to Monticello to pick up Sol and then we headed to my parents' house in Brooklyn Park.
We ended up staying there until almost 7pm. My brother and sister-in-law brought their kids (Austin who is 3 and Carter who is 2). All of the kids got along really well and spent most of the hours playing and watching movies together.
This was the first time Sol seemed to really have a good time at my parents house. He was definitely ready to leave when it was time to go, but it was great to see him playing with Elan and Austin so well. Usually he comes over to my parents house and I worry that he's bored most of the time. He hasn't really developed a "grand-parental" relationship with my parents yet and I wonder if he'll ever really bond with my parents. I don't expect him too (or they to him), but I also don't want to push too hard or too little in the process....
When we got him, Elan was quite tired. He went to bed around 9pm. Sol and Nara went to bed after 9:30.
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