Kyle's Birthday Adventure

Kyle started off his 2nd birthday by sleeping in this morning - I peeked in around 8:15 and he was still asleep, but it must have been lightly enough that he jumped up 30 seconds later. Hannah had a present to share with him first, and Kyle was delighted to unwrap a little gorilla!

After breakfast and getting all three of us dressed and a little nap for Hannah, we headed over to Toys R Us to spend the $3 gift card that the Birthday Club had sent to him. Kyle found a fork lift, garbage truck and fire truck Matchbox cars to add to his collection of trucks that Hannah had given to him when she was born.

Next it was back down to Menlo Park for lunch at Crepes Cafe so that we could watch the trains go by. Unfortunately, there was so much smoke in the air from the fires around the Bay Area, that I decided it would be better for us to eat inside, but we were still able to see the trains coming past, and Kyle was thoroughly thrilled.




We headed back home and had a little play time before I finally managed to talk Kyle into taking a nap to recharge. After waking up, I was supposed to have help making birthday cake, but instead he was distracted by more presents. He was quite excited to shake the presents to hear something rattling inside! Thank you for the book, puzzles and BIG truck book Auntie Laura and Uncle Scott. And thank you for "The Hungry Caterpillar" Maemo and Granpa :)

The big hit of the afternoon was something I actually ordered for Hannah's use at the park and beach - a tent to keep her out of the sun. But the package happened to arrive today, and Kyle's forklift managed to cut through the tape, so out it came. As the smoke had finally cleared from the area, we had some outside play time with the tent and the hose (hence the lost overalls in the next photo) while waiting for Daddy to get home from work.

After a quick dinner and more demands for cake, it was time to open the BIG present. Once Kyle saw his new tractor, all thoughts of cake were promptly forgotten! Somehow we managed to get Kyle torn away from his favorite new toy, and into the bath and bed without too many tears. With such an exciting day, I was happily surprised how easily Dave was able to get him to bed, especially since he has only wanted me to put him down lately. (I was exhausted too!)

Wow, what a fun 2 years it has been!