On the Fifth Day of Christmas~

My true love gave to me ~ five courses at dinner, four birthday presents, three games of Dutch Blitz, two dancing nephews, and a sweet baby under the Christmas tree.

The fifth day started with the boys getting up early to head back out to the golf course for another round of golf--this time minus the rain. Sarah, Mom, and I headed south to Susan's and spent the afternoon with her. MD sampled lemon water from my glass for the first time. He was thrilled! (and the next day he tried to grab my glass as I was drinking) Later that afternoon, after the boys' naptimes we went to a local park where all three children (yes, I did say three) played on the playground. MD didn't care too much about the bouncy horse or the slide, but LOVED the swing!!! He made his noises showing how content he was. In fact, as it was getting late and he did not get too much of a nap earlier, he settled into the swing for a nap until I woke him up so that he would indeed sleep at night too. That evening, we enjoyed a few snacks at home after the grown boys showed up a little tanner and more tired. Then, we left MD, Colin, and Caleb with a babysitter and headed to a late dinner at Maggiano's. This time it was Michael's siblings and families, his parents, as well as a close friend- Alicia- and Paul's parents, Omalu and Dudley. We enjoyed four+ more courses there with far too much food. We sampled everything including stuffed mushrooms, fried calamari, spinach salad, Maggiano's special salad, yummy bread, lasagne, lemon salmon, chicken saltimbocca (the general consensus for favorite), and pesto chicken, and for dessert--creme brulee and tiramisu. Another late night and home again to crash in bed.