Today was all about Dylan apparently! We woke up to a cold and snowy day, one of the days that would be great to stay home and relax. However, there is no real "relaxing" at this house so we always are looking for something to do to get out of the house, even if it is just go to a store to walk around and spend money on random things! About 10 AM, Dylan found a Little Caesars ad and when he comes across those he decides that is where we are going or he walks around with it most the day.(He actually did the same thing the night before with a Carls Jr ad.) Anyway, he had the Little Caesars ad in hand and led me to the garage door so we could go. I told him we would get out of the house later and we could go there, but they weren't even open yet. He did not like that answer!
I got busy doing other things so I don't know what went on for the next half hour or so, but when I came upstairs Dylan and Brandon was sitting on the couch in the process of putting his swim suit on. Brandon said he was looking at our calendar and came across the picture of Dylan swimming. He said the light bulbs went off and he headed in to grab his swim suit. I laughed and figured he would settle for a good swim in the bathtub because this had happened before, but no. He led me once again to the garage door and was ready to go. I told him it was too cold outside, so he went in and got his shirt that goes with his swim suit and led me to the front door. I then told him he needed his shoes on, so he went and grabbed his shoes! At this point we could not let the little guy down so we told the rest of the kids to get ready because we were going swimming on this cold(30*) snowy(snowed all day) day! At first they thought we were joking but when they realized we were really going they were excited!
Dylan was so patient and waited around for us all to get our swim suits on and couldn't wait to go. I had mine on and went to put clothes on over and he started to panic. I reassured him that we were going but I didn't want to be cold! I had to laugh because as we were walking into Provo Rec Center it was quite cold and the snow was coming down pretty good and the older two had decided to just wear their swimming suits and coat along with flip flops! It's not every day you choose that outfit in the cold. When we left they both regretted the flip flop decision, but luckily I had there actual shoes in the van! We had a great time and Dylan was in heaven and we lasted about an hour! Then he started trying to take his pants and life jacket off so we decided it was a good time to go! Desi gets nervous at these swimming pools because the loud noises and the water buckets that randomly crash down so she didn't enjoy her time as much as she does in Rick and Lori's hot tub, but I think she had fun as well.
We decided to let Dylan's desires dictate the day and instead of Little Caesars we decided to go to Brick Oven. When we first got there Dylan was screaming and throwing little fits right after we got seated. I was nervous it was going to be a disaster. I decided to take him to the bathroom while we waited for the food because for some reason when he swims his body really soaks up the water and I wondered if that may be the problem. Sure enough he had a lot of pee and when we got back he was a completely different person! Today was a good day and the fact that Dylan was the "party planner" made it even better! He seemed to be extremely happy all day, so I hope he understands that we understood what he wanted and went out of our way to make his wishes come true!
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