Jeric is officially out of his teen years!!! It's hard to believe he's a 20-year-old man now, but he most definitely is!! Since his birthday fell on a Tuesday, we decided to just have dinner at Umami Burger in Thousand Oaks so Jay could join us after he got off from work. Food was good as always, but as an added surprise, when the waiter came around with the bill, he said, "Oh, it's already been taken care of!" Jeric actually treated us for dinner!!! We were all kind of shocked, but very proud at the same time. It was a true sign that he was, indeed, grown up =). We all regretted not ordering dessert and told him he should treat us more often since it felt pretty good ... hahahaha!
After dinner, we all went to play at the playground with Zoe. She loved running around, jumping back and forth between the swing, the slide and the seahorse thing. It was fun doing the park thing at night -- especially since we had the playground all to ourselves!
As we were walking back to the car, Jay suggested we get Jeric a "motherload" slice from the nearby Claim Jumpers so that he could at least have some "birthday cake". Mike (the chocolate cake fiend) totally agreed and we ended up eating cake on the benches by the playground. It was kind of a different celebration (since mom and everyone else couldn't be there) but it was still a nice one. Jeric is really growing up to be a great guy. He's caring, smart, a brilliant writer, a sweet boyfriend and an even better uncle. All those years of me and Jay saying "You owe us big time" for all the time and effort we put into raising him is certainly being paid off. I love seeing him with Zoe and interacting ... he is totally teaching her to use her imagination, be creative, and to love herself. She definitely loves him, too ... even though she thinks he's her older brother =). God has really blessed us with the opportunity to have him live with us while he works part-time for Mike and goes to school. I'm glad I can be a part of his life in the way that I am and I am so excited to see what else God has in store for him!
Happy 20th Jeric! We love you!
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| My little teenager waiting for us to get going ... |
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| Look who paid for dinner!!! Wowwwww! |
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| Impromptu park time |
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Jeric freaking out that Zoe hit herself on the mouth with the seahorse ...
Zoe doesn't seem to even notice anything happened =) |
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| Zoe accidentally kicked Dada in the ... |
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| Behold, the motherload! |
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