Daniel Coburn

So yesterday we celebrated my daughters 4th birthday. With it being close to holloween my wife decided to decorate it with spiderwebs, eyeball punch, jack-o-lanterns and skeletons. My job was to distract the kid while they decorated. So we went to GG’s (Great Grandmother). First the kids were HORRIBLE, we get there and my 3.99 year old and my 1.3 year old are screaming and crying. So this makes GG feel horrible, but finally they calm down, and it ended up on a good note.

Then the call comes… “Were ready”. Well I’m abou 30 minutes away, so get the oldest to go to the bathroom (what a chore, who would have thought it would be so hard to get ANYTHING to go to the bathroom. I mean it’s a battle of wills). Then we head home, get two “where are you” calls on my way. I’M in Mexico, I just thought I’d take a detour… I’ll get there when I get there YEEESH

My daughter see’s the spiderwebs out side on the porch and ghosts in the trees, and a big yellow ‘X’ on the door. “Daddy Look at the X”. “Hunny it says ‘Danger Haunted Area’”. Talk about something STUPID to say to a 3.99 year old (she actually turns 4 on the 28th). Great now she stops, “Why is it haunted?”… great, now I do the whole, it’s just decorations. So we get ready to come in… no I need to tell you my daughter INFORMED us everyone was supposed to yell “SURPRISE” for her… guess she doesn’t get that concept yet. *shrug*

Well needless to say the house was decked out, a huge spider above the table, spiderwebs everywhere, balloons the whole 9 yards. My wife and her family did a great job, and it was a very memorable night. I think my daughter loved everything, her art kits from her aunt (and family) in Chicago, her clothes, her stickers, her bike, and honestly just having her family near her. I can’t wait till she turns 5.