Ken and the BIG 4-0

I can't remember how many months ago - not that many - it occurred to me that this next birthday was a big one for Ken! He made it very clear that he didn't want any sort of party, so we didn't do that!

His birthday landed on a Tuesday (same as Kate's) and that meant a swimming lesson. I was going to make our usual, spaghetti and meatballs, but we had forgotten to buy sauce, so Ken had to buy himself dinner on the way home from work!

On the way home from swimming we went to Tim Horton's to pick up a Boston cream donut for his "happy birthday" donut, but after going to two Tim's, we came up empty. Settling for second best, we picked up an apple fritter donut.

The girls were excited to sing to Daddy and everyone enjoyed their donut!

It was a thrilling day indeed!

Saturday though, dinner with friends, now that would be awesome!!! Ken had made reservations at a BBQ place he'd been dreaming about for months, we invited the Lim-Andersons, we had a babysitter, all was well!

Last minute, Ken decided he didn't want BBQ, so we changed the reservations to Jatujak, a Thai restaurant. We had a fun dinner, Ken got a most awesome gift - a cap, and the night seemed pretty perfect, until the drive home...

On the way home Ken went from not feeling well, to feeling like he was dying. We got home, I drove our babysitter home and came back to a sad Kate and a calmer Ken. Kate got freaked out because Ken was loudly in pain. I diagnosed a gallbladder attack, and Ken was welcomed into his forties!

Here's to hoping that this isn't a forecast for how fun his forties will be! Welcome to the club Ken, it's a pretty good club most of the time!