Today was a fabulous day! The boys have done incredible on their schoolwork. No fighting or arguing to get things done, and today was no exception. I am so proud of them. It is amazing how smooth and pleasant things are when they do what they have been asked. Lucy did not have a single potty accident ALL DAY! We even went to soccer practice in the afternoon and out to dinner (for several hours) and she did wonderful. She was so proud of herself she kept giving everyone her own high fives. 🤣  (We played outside on the trampoline this afternoon, and Lucy thought it was so funny how the static made her hair stand up. What little bit she has. 😂) My photography challenge for today was running on Manual Mode, Soft Light, and Obtaining Blur. Natalie was a great subject. She was so patient with me while I messed with the camera. I think our shots came out great! Afterwards, we finally took her out for her birthday dinner. She wanted to go to the Magic Time Machine. We have not been there in years! Needless to say, we haven’t missed out on much because it has majorly gone downhill. At 8:50, we waited for a half an hour to be seated in a restaurant that wasn’t even 1/4 of the way full. (That was made worse by one of the workers complaining about his job and cussing at the hostess stand in front of my children while we waited. 😞) Lucy’s silverware was filthy dirty. Smashed food was all on the floor around our table. When our dinner came, we didn’t even have our meal for 2 minutes before our waitress came asking if we wanted take home boxes. We were going to get dessert, but when she came to ask us if we would like to order dessert, she said, “Have you saved room for dessert?” As Natalie said yes, the waitress tells her, “Well you get cookies for your birthday. They have nuts. That’s good enough, right?!” And then she walks off. So much for ordering dessert. 😕 I can understand it was late, but we were NOT the only people in the restaurant. There were actually people still just being seated. It was pretty rude in my opinion, and we will not being going back. It is so sad that what used to be such a fun place to go, with so many many memories, has just fallen apart. At least Natalie was a good sport and still enjoyed herself. We’ll be going for a happier dessert tomorrow! 😁🎂Lucy couldn’t help herself from trying everyone’s food. Nattie was so sweet to share.😊❤️