half-and-a-four (and-a-two)

It’s the most wonderful time of the year.

Nope, not Christmas. Not yet. Although I may or may not have listened to Christmas music one day last week while trying to finalize a particularly pesky video for a virtual class…but that’s not the point.

It’s half-birthday weekend — a favorite in the Freeman house. For the story behind half-birthday weekend, read this. This year, we celebrated a four-and-a-half year old and a two-and-a-half year old. Or, if you ask Maddie, a half-and-a-four-year-old and a half-and-a-two-year-old.

Here are the rules:

Rule #1) Somewhere along the journey, we’ve got to do something the kids have never done.

2009 — Babyland General — Helen, Georgia

2010 — Charleston, SC

2011 — Georgia Aquarium — Atlanta, GA

2012 — Santa’s Land — Cherokee, NC

2013 — Discovery Place Kids — Charlotte, NC

Rule #2) We’ll eat somewhere off the beaten path — somewhere we’ve never been.

Rule #3) No more rules. No schedules. No stress. No worries. Well, except for…

Rule #4) There will be a magnet to commemorate the event. Doesn’t have to be pretty, but there’s got to be one.

And I forgot about rule #4 this year until about an hour before we were ready to come home. And there were no magnets. So, taking rule #3 to heart, my sweet husband drove to the Museum of Charlotte History in search of a magnet. It was closed. So he drove downtown… ‘case he loves me… lots. So come on over. The house is a wreck, but the refrigerator looks great.