We had a very nice day celebrating Allison’s birthday. Eva and I picked up some gifts for Allison yesterday and Eva had some elaborate scheme that she wanted to hatch for Allison. Eva had me cut up cucumbers, get lotion and help her with some pampering for Allison. We hung up stars and got out the very special necklace for Allison (it was blue and shaped like an ice cream cone which lit up, great $2 find at Target).
Eva’s plan was so cute. She rubbed a little lotion on Allison’s hands and then put the cucumber slices on her eyes. We gave her her gifts and then got Eva to school.
Today we also got to clear out a ton of baby clothes for girls. My sisters came over and took bag after bag to my Mom’s house to sort for friends who are having babies and to keep some things for themselves including toys and books for my nephew. Our basement is a little less cluttered now. Time to get the rest of it organized. Time to look for shelves so we can start keeping staples.
Tonight we went to our favorite place to celebrate, House of Fortune. We had a great meal there and topped it with a Red Velvet Confusion cupcake from Northworks.
It seemed to me today that Andrew turning 2 years old was a long time coming and then at the very same instance it was here in a blink. He’s coming into his own so much every single day. He’s so mechanically minded and lately has taken Skylanders out of the drawer (I have to move them again) and he’s figured out the swapping features of the new figures. He’s becoming more verbal, too, and even telling us his own version of knock knock jokes. He’ll go, “Nah, Nah?” over and over until you say “Who’s there?”. Once you say that he says a whole line of baby gibberish and is so proud of himself. I wish I knew what it was that he was saying.
I didn’t take Andrew to breakfast today. I think I’ll start that tradition with him when he turns three.
I did another tradition today. I helped out my parents with the annual Christmas Letter. I have to say, this was the quickest we’ve gotten the letter done and ready to go. We did the letter (edited, formatted and ready for printing) and the picture to go with it had all of the photo cards printed within a few hours from CVS. Did it all online, picked up in store, perfect.
