Tonight was really special for our family. We were invited to have dinner at the home of our friends. Sounds totally normal, right? Well... for us it was nearly historic, not many people are brave enough to invite whole family to dine with them. As a matter of a fact, Brenna could not think of any other time that our whole family had been invited to supper with friends! We totally enjoyed.
Several other notably "normal" things happened tonight.
Joshua played and played and played. He totally enjoyed his time at our friends home. He took everything in stride. He played independently with the other kids. I sat with the adults! I asked his sisters to keep an eye on him while I chatted. It was totally relaxing, totally "normal."
When Daddy arrived, Joshua dropped everything and RAN to give him a big hug. While playing Joshua stopped to show his daddy something several times. He also went to give his daddy several hugs, just because. And those other guys... he was polite to them.
Joshua complained when I asked him to obey the same rules as his 2-year-old friend. He politely told me, "Mommy Joshua is bigger. I can do it!" He has never, ever wanted to be the big kid before! He was correct too, he could do it!
He ate a roasted marshmallow and deemed it yummy!
We arrived home well past bedtime, but he did totally fine. He interacted with all of us just like he would any other night. Glory, glory hallelujah, Joshua is starting to feel all grown up! His reactions are nearly always age-appropriate in every way!
Boy, oh boy do we appreciate all this "normalcy."
