We had a full day of celebrating Ben's birthday. The first stop was the zoo, where we saw a tiger, bears, meerkats, giraffes, and dolphins. After a nap and lunch we opened presents and had a cupcake. Ben didn't each much of his cupcake. Bradley thought that Ben would want to go the Chicky Rice store (Flat Top), so we went there for dinner. Both boys were remarkably well behaved. We wrapped up the day with a trip to a park.
Ben is getting better at talking. Most of his sentences start with the word "my". He declared Poppy's chair as "my chair" and promptly took possession. A few of his newer words are goldfish, airplane, car, truck, bus, bike, hot, poop, and yuck.
Ben went out for his first solo trip of the year in the bicycle trailer on Thursday. Even though he is over 30 pounds, he didn't really slow me down. It was a much different story on Saturday when I towed both boys (70+ lbs) to the French Market. It was about 3.5 miles ones way, but it nearly killed me. A snack and a rest helped ease the return trip a little bit, but not too much.
Bradley had a good birthday today. He took a big lion cupcake cake to school. (It was pajama day, too.) After school, we had a picnic, presents, and more cupcakes. Bradley said they forgot to sing Happy Birthday at school! That's OK. At least 3 callers sang to him after dinner.
Mommy! Mommy's test is all done, so she gets to go on weekend adventures now. Today, mommy went to the airplane restaurant for the first time.
