Much to my annoyance, Easter and Erik and Gabe's birthday all fell on the same day this year (March 31st). There was nothing to do about that fact, so I tried to make the best of it. We didn't bother with a cake since everyone's sweet tooth was beyond satisfied with all the Easter treats. We did save time later in the evening for presents! Gabe got the biggest present ever: a 3D printer. He had been asking for it for a long time. I ordered it off of Amazon, with a couple of color spools as well. Gabe was so excited that he opened the package, immediately set it up in his room, and started printing things right away. He sure had that thing figured out fast--he is a smart guy! He's been pretty much printing non-stop with that thing. I haven't counted the number of items, but I'd say it's approaching 100. Most of the things he prints are things for his train table and little toys. Erik and I ate out at a Brazilian restaurant (Sierra Gaucha) the night before his birthday.
Happy 15th birthday, Gabe! You're so nice and cute and smart and silly--we love you so much!
Gabe needs to relearn how to smile for pictures
I wrapped Gabe's 3D printer in a blanket because it was so big.
Erik opening something I got him, which I absolutely cannot remember, but possibly something for golf??
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The next day was April fools' day. Elisa had fun making brown E's for us all. Lisa and I got Gabe so good haha! We told him that we had set him up for a group date with some girls he knew from church/school. He wasn't happy about it--he doesn't like things sprung at him normally anyway, so this reaction was so typically Gabe! Haha poor Gabe! He was relieved to find out it was all an April fool's prank.
Elisa pranked us by giving us "brownies" aka brown E's.
I couldn't figure out how to convert an MP4 audio file to a video file, so I just made a video of it from my phone:
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The next day, April 2, Lisa and I went out and left the kids on their own. We went to TJMaxx and then for some sushi:
Sushi at the Bento Box. I've always been happy with their food.
At the last evening of Lisa's visit (yes same day Lisa and I went out for sushi), we all went out to Texas roadhouse to use up some of the free kid's meal coupons we got from the music and arts night at school.
These girls had so much fun!
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The next day, April 3, I dropped the Blaylocks off at the airport. It was a fun visit! I hope they come again next Spring Break. Their Spring Break is a few weeks after ours, which is good since we can get our cruise in and get another week of fun visits in. Unfortunately, we can never go anywhere like that together because our kids have school while they have vacation.
Getting a few more Nintendo games in before the Blaylocks leave.
It looks like Gabe had a great 15th birthday! Nice for Erik that he got to eat at a Brazilian restaurant to celebrate his birthday.
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