Birthday!
I’m afraid you can’t see all the articulation on the cakes in this photo, but rest assured that Robin fully accepted it as a choo-choo. He helped me decorate for a little bit, before deciding that he’d rather help as a taste-tester and quality engineer.
He’s had a great day. I’ve been doling out the presents over the course of the day, so that he gets to appreciate each one. Many of them were books—and even better, they were train books—so we had a good time reading those together. He also got several hours of Thomas and Pingu. And all of the grandparents called, so he got to talk to all of his favorite people: though by the end of the day he was a little overloaded with phone time, so I’m afraid those who called later may have gotten short shrift.
Right now he’s at the park with his father while the noodle casserole bakes, and after dinner we’ll light the candles on the cake and investigate the remaining presents. But we won’t sing, because Robin still hates that!
August 12th, 2010 at 6:40 pm
Robin’s celebrity look-alike: Kirsten Dunst. (Not really. Just in this photo.)
August 13th, 2010 at 7:39 am
Good for him! Happy Birthday is a terrible song, anyway. It sounds like a great day.
August 13th, 2010 at 9:20 am
So cute! Three! Congratulations 🙂
August 13th, 2010 at 11:59 am
Thank you!
August 18th, 2010 at 11:24 am
On the topic of toys (kind of!), I would be interested in a blog post on your views of swords and guns. From your manuscript, I assume you will have a different take then most people around me.
August 19th, 2010 at 5:55 pm
Ha! Yes, I think I probably do. Okay, I will write that up as soon as I get a chance…