T Minus 1 Day

T minus 1 Day, Monday, August 13, 2012: "Be a Kid"

First, I feel like my countdown days are screwed up because tomorrow isn't my birthday. But, I went back and counted and I've got all of the numbers from 30 on down. And then I realized that July really has 31 days... So, I should have either started the challenge on July 16th or called it the 31 days to 30 challenge...which isn't exactly as catchy. So, instead, you'll be getting some weird countdown numbers the next few days. Get over it, I'm old, I can't be expected to remember these kinds of details!

On to today's challenge. The "Be a Kid" thing could really be called "Be a Toddler" today because that's totally what I did. I had dinner with some friends that I hadn't seen in a ridiculously long time. They have a super cute kid who's 20 months old (I'm not sure I want to calculate how many months old I am...)

First, it was nice to be able to catch up with them. Second, it was great to be able to have real dinner since I don't have any food in my house because I just got back from San Diego. And the dinner was delicious! Before and after dinner, I played with their son. He was a little shy at first (I find most kids that age generally take a few minutes to warm up to people) but he got over that really fast when I asked him to show me his toys. He's really into trains, so we played with some little ones for a while. Then we played with one that he can sit on. Then I made some fresh whipped cream for dessert and let him lick the beaters (he loved it, who wouldn't??). Then it was his bath time and after that we played with more toys.

He showed me his giraffe, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, horse, tiger and monkey. He also made sure I knew what they all said. We jumped just for the sake of jumping. Then we jumped on one foot to show that we could. Then there was some spinning. I can't spin nearly as long as he can...it's hard when you're old like me :P

Then, it was bedtime. And, I had to go back to being an adult and went to the grocery store. But, those few hours of jumping, spinning and show and tell just for the fun of it were pretty awesome. I've said it before but I highly recommend spending time with young kids as much as you possibly can. They remind you to just enjoy things for no other reason than it's fun.