Saturday was pretty low key. We went and got milestone pictures for Owen and Eli. Needless to say Eli was not having anything to do with getting his picture taken. I think he was a little overwhelmed by all the lights and action going on. We did get him finally in some pics by letting him sit in a chair and having a ball of some sort in his hands. Owen at the same age was not very cooperative. There was one picture of Eli with a smile on his face but big ole crocodile tears in his eyes. We also went to the pool where Owen jumped off the diving board all by himself and swam to the side..well with the help w/ a Jacket. He was so excited and proud. Eli wanted to do the same thing but we didn't have the equipment for him. I guess I better go buy him one too!
Sunday was Owen's actual birthday and surprisingly he woke up at a semi-normal time 6:45am (well that is normal to us). For his birthday we took him to Chuck-e-Cheese for about an hour and half. We won 630 tickets, thanks to Andy and Rochelle who came in and got us a ton of tickets in the end. Owen favorite "games" was the Monster Truck ride and the roller coaster simulation. We had the place to ourselves for the first hour and then the chaos ensued. We left with a ball that was deflated by the time we got home from lunch and a bunch of toostie rolls. After Chuck-e-Cheese we went to Ledo's for pizza, much better quality pizza.
The Monster Truck
The Roller Coaster Simulation
Then we headed home to open gifts and have cake. Owen had a blast opening up his gifts. He was loving them all. He got a bat, a new electric train, Cars Lego - to which he responded "I have wanted this my whole life", a Cars race track, a Toy Story trash truck, a Potato Head, some books and a Leap Frog hand held. He was quite enthralled with all the toys and loved them all. The baseball bat and race track got the most play. The race track got turned off when we were outside, at dinner and when he went to bed.
The Race Track
I made Owen a firetruck cake. He fell in love with this video on how to make the cake and so I decided to make it. It wasn't that hard just a little on the time consuming part. He was watching me ice it and he said "Any child that you make this for will think you are a hero" which is the quote at the end of the video. I about fell over laughing, it was so cute. He loved his cake and thought it was the best. I had to go with a yellow fire truck (which are the color of the ones here in Ashburn) since I was having issues getting my icing to be red.. it was a a very pretty pink.
Owen blowing out the candles on the Firetruck Cake
Owen had a great day, although he was pretty upset that we didn't get to go to the pool. Andy kept asking him but he was having so much fun doing other things that he didn't want to go. He finally realized at dinner that we hadn't gone and was quite upset. At this time it was very evident that he hadn't taken his nap (we didn't even try since it was his birthday). He eventually calmed down and decided that he should wear his birthday hat for dinner. Owen was asleep by 7:54pm, the boy usually is up "reading" his books until 8:30.
