4/3/09
We started the weekend by going to dinner at Zorbas (our favorite Greek restaurant). We've been going there since Landon was very little. They have Saganaki (Greek cheese) that they light on fire and say Opa. Somewhere along the line Landon started getting scared of the fire. We told him when they do it to raise his hands and say Opa as well. He did this several times and didn't seem to be scared. It was cute.
4/4/09
Saturday morning the boys got donuts for us for breakfast. I was on the bed feeding Kasey and Landon was making me birthday presents. He brought me a plate of crayons and said happy Birthday. He also brought me a basket of his pretend cookies.
That afternoon Landon and I went to see a Circus in Allen with his friend down the street and his mom. We got to feed Llamas and goats. I rode a camel with Landon and Liam, and then Liam wanted to ride the Elephant as well so I went with him while Landon stayed with Jessica. The kids had a good time seeing the animals and the acts. We also got to go to out houses to potty 3 times which was an experience all in itself.
Here are some pictures from the Circus: click here
That night we went to Greg's parent's house for a birthday celebration. We had a good meal as usual, and Grandma made me a German chocolate cake without milk in it. I think it required some creativity, but I really appreciated it and it was great. We had fun hanging out with everyone and eating good food.
4/5/09
Sunday morning after breakfast the kids gave me my presents which Landon is great at helping open. For Lunch we had some good leftovers from the night before. Then Grammy came to get the kids for the afternoon. Greg went to Dallas Cup to watch soccer games, and I went to Audrey's house to work on an art project (I'll share more on this in the coming months). That evening I went to my moms and we had dinner and a celebration with the kids. Mom had some fun balloons, a blow up birthday cake, Fajitas from Uncle Julios, and 2 desserts also specially made without dairy. We had a good time and enjoyed hanging out.
4/11/09
I decided that i wanted to have an adult only celebration as well. Tracy and I arranged to have a joint birthday celebration for dinner at Blue Fish. We had some really good Sushi and enjoyed the company. Greg's mom and sister were nice enough to come to the house and babysit Landon, Kasey and Liam from down the street. Funny story from the kids. We feel like we spend a lot of time asking Landon to clean up or to turn things off so they don't waste the battery. While Liam was here and both boys were playing with many toys, Landon would get upset if Liam would leave the train on too long or the remote control car on. I just think it's funny that we have to tell the 2 year old these things all the time, and then he turns around and already sounds like us with others.
Here are pictures from Birthday Celebrations above: click here