Birthdays and Bass

My birthday celebration ended with a dinner out with Scott last Saturday night. It didn't turn out quite as we expected/wanted, but it was still good to get away for a short time and go to a new (to us) restaurant. When we got home from dinner, Pria and I took a nice, long walk, which resulted in us both getting very chilly by the time we wrapped it up. Brrr!

Pria is such a socially awkward dog. She hides behind trees and peeks out to watch other dogs go by. And then she stares at them for a really, really long time! It's like she might want to say HI to them, but doesn't know how to.

Big, exciting news for Ava from last weekend...we bought her an early birthday present - a bass guitar! The one that she really wanted had an issue with the electronics (it had a frog peeking over the top), so between a few other options, she picked out the one you see below. Her music instructor (who is teaching her bass at school) was really happy to hear that she had one of her own to practice and play on at home. We don't have an amp, a cord, or any of the fun things yet, but...those seem to be good things she can get as upcoming birthday presents.

She was practicing her trumpet last night, randomly playing something new, and she also was teaching herself some new stuff on the bass, as well. I love to see that big smile!

Being silly on a Saturday morning :)

G didn't have quite as much fun this past week. His spring allergies popped up a few weeks ago when we had warm weather. He started taking his allergy meds and using his prescription eye drops from last year, but they didn't seem to be helping. It got bad enough that I took him back in for a checkup on Thursday afternoon. With all of the recent rubbing of his eyes, he also managed to pick up pink eye. Yay. So, I kept him home from school on Friday, and he took advantage of his "sick" day and watched TV all day. He was happy and quiet, and that worked out for me since I had a bunch of work to get done.

G's doing great with his two prescription eye meds. One is an ointment which you put in the lower eyelid. Yuck. I thought was going to be a challenge for him, but he's been a champ and doesn't complain. I think he's just so happy that his eyes aren't swollen, red, itchy, and goopy any more. And hopefully once the weather warms up again, the new allergy eye drops will work better this time!

Scott's been working a ton over the last few weeks, so it'll be nice to have him home on Sunday. Grandma Deb will be joining us for some turkey dumpling soup, so we're looking forward to having some good 1:1 time with her to end the weekend on a high note.

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