Then started Guy's birthday week and the planning and implementation of "Columbo's Day". We have been talking about doing this for years, and this is the first year we implemented it. Guy had come up with the idea of watching episodes of Columbo on Columbus Day and calling it Columbo's Day. We did that this year. I made some snickerdoodles and then we settled in to watch our first episode. Nico watched it with us and it had Dick Van Dyke in it as the murderer. The next one we watched had Johnny Cash in it.
Then, Guy's birthday was on Tuesday. I made meatloaf, mashed potatoes, and veggies for dinner, one of Guy's favorite meals that we could all eat, and then we just hung out.
The biggest news this week is that Guy is switching to days, and TODAY is the day he did it! He was able to go out with us to run errands this morning and it was awesome, Nico enjoyed hanging out with Daddy ALL day (besides the time he was at school). We picked up a coffee from Flying M on the way home, his second of 3 coffees that he has had today. He is super tired right now and will be heading to bed shortly.
Also this week we got a mystery package. I have been ordering my digestive enzymes from Awake Wellness online for the past 2 years. Every time they send me my order, it always has 2 lollipops in it, ones that Nico can eat because they don't have corn syrup. Nico is always so excited. I wrote to the company and told them how much we appreciated the two lollipops they send in every order, and that Nico now asks whenever we get a package, "Does it have lollipops in it?" I never heard back from them, but then on Tuesday we got a package. When I saw who it was from I had a sneaking suspicion what was inside, so I had Nico open it. Sure enough, he looked inside and said "It's a lot of lollipops!" They had sent us several handfuls of lollipops!!
Nico has been illustrating things that have been happening in day to day life. Him and Guy often sit down at the table and draw, and Nico always comes up with something interesting. Shortly after staying with Grandma Salisbury, he drew a picture of her and him at Fred Meyer, with Grandma pushing the cart. We gave that one to Grandma. Then he drew one of the cabin, be sure to note the moose in the lower right corner, and the steep driveway! There is also a difference between Papa's truck, and Grandma's car.
On Tuesday we had gone to see G.G. It was a fun visit as always, Nico played with a few of G.G.'s old cars, one that used to belong to Grandpa Russell, and one that used to belong to G.G.'s brother. Nico also played with a coke bottle truck. That night while I was at Tap class, Guy and Nico drew some more and Nico drew the bottle truck. You can see the bottles sticking up from the top, just like the toy!
We made a silly video tonight per Nico's request, "take a picture of me doing this!" He wanted video, so I took a video and we stuck all the different funny episodes together into a funny movie. It's him making funny noises and flopping around. hehe... Here you go!
