Sunday afternoon Thade and I got to make a special trip out to do some shopping. Dylan’s birthday is coming up soon, and Thade and I are in charge of the shopping this year. James stayed home to watch Dylan while we spent the afternoon out.

Thade had so much fun, he was all smiles as we made our way to the car. Once he was in his car seat, he just smiled and said “its just Mom and Thade”. It is very rare that it is just the two of us anymore. Dylan never wants to be left out, and all to often I forget just how much Thade really enjoys a special trip all by himself with Mom or Dad.

Thade was full of great gift ideas too, and we settled on finding four presents for Dylan. I told him that he was in charge of the shopping, and he was thrilled to accomplish the task. He happily walked up and down the toy aisles several times searching for the perfect present. When we were all finished, we headed to the check-out where I let Thade pick out a treat for himself. He smiled so proudly and chose a package of Air Heads.

We made our way back to the car with presents in tow, and Thade couldn’t wait to get back home to show Dad just what we picked up, but we can’t show Dylan just yet.

It was a fun afternoon, and I was happy to have a little time to catch up with my big kid. Now I’ve just got to get all of those presents wrapped for the birthday boy.