Evan’s Actual Birthday

Today is Evan’s actual birthday. We have been celebrating his birthday for the last few days now.

This morning Morry brought Evan’s bike (his present from us) in the house at the bottom of the stairs. We thought we’d surprise Evan when he came downstairs. He was somewhat cranky and tired this morning and therefore, was not very excited about his bike. He was more interested in his unwrapped birthday presents from yesterday’s party that were sitting on the dining room table.

For breakfast Aunt Susan, and Aaron and Shelly came over. Papa/Lenny made French toast with the leftover challah. It was yummy. Aaron and Shelly gave Evan Geo Trax for his birthday so he and Morry went upstairs to play Geo Trax.

Before Grandma/Lynn, Papa/Lenny, and Bubbe went home they gave Evan their present to him. Evan got a scooter so we all went out in the front yard for him to try it out. He understood how to push it with his leg, but he still needs to work on steering. He didn’t understand that you have to lean to get it to turn.

Once everyone left we put the boys down for naps. The both slept well.

Once they woke up we asked Evan what he wanted to do. He said he wanted to go to Chuck E Cheese. Of course, I had coupons. We got 20 free tokens for Evan’s birthday, 20 free tokens for Noah’s birthday, and I had a few tokens leftover from the last time we were there. The whole experience was free. We were there for about an hour and a half and didn’t have to spend a dime. Evan really enjoyed playing the games. The ones he liked most were air hockey and ski ball.

After dinner we went to McDonalds (Evan’s request). Evan and Noah were very well behaved and ate well. After Evan finished eating Morry took him to play on the playground. I stayed at the table with Noah while he cleaned out (ate) a lot of the contents of the diaper bag. The last few days Noah has started saying, “Uh-Oh” a lot. I think he was dropping food on purpose just so he could say it.

So, I have been working with Evan on our phone number. I’ll repeat it a lot and leave off the last number or two and he’ll finish the rest of the phone number. Tonight we were saying it over and over again and he actually said the whole thing by himself.

Well, the boys are in bed now. They are both pretty exhausted. I hope they sleep well tonight.

Evan's half-birthday

Evan is now 2 ½. Today is his half-birthday. Hard to believe.

For brunch we went with Grandma/Lynn/Mom, Papa/Lenny/Dad, and Aunt Susan to Chez Zee. Today is Aunt Susan’s birthday, so we went there to celebrate. The food was good. Morry and I both got Crème Brule French toast. Evan told us he wanted a pancake. He kept insisting so we ordered him a blueberry pancake thinking he would most likely not eat it (just because that is what normally happens when we order something for him at a restaurant). Evan ended up eating very well and ate about ¾ of the pancake. Noah ate well too and ate a whole jar of baby food while sitting in a highchair. At the end of the meal they brought out a cake for Aunt Susan and Evan helped her blow out the candle.

We had a relaxing afternoon. Both Evan and Noah took really good, long naps.

After dinner we spent the evening upstairs as Morry watched the football game. Evan watched a little, but mostly just played with his toys. I tried to play catch with him, but he either wanted to throw the ball really high in the air or hit it with his bat. Noah was moving all over the place. He is still not crawling, but he is able to roll around pretty well and get where he wants. Morry is still watching the Steelers game and both boys are in bed, though Evan is not asleep yet.

Can you tell Morry dressed Noah today?