Friday, November 02, 2007

The Day After

Our big boy was thoroughly spoiled on his birthday yesterday. We had a small party last night and invited our family over for cupcakes and presents. Our three-year-old is a sociable guy at the best of times. He was in his element at the much-anticipated Curious George Party. What a cute guy!

The kids spent hours this morning playing with our son's new presents. He received some very nice gifts. Favourites included a "builders and benders" type construction set, a lacing toy (as in shoe laces), and an "Optimash Prime" Potato Head. The kids were enthralled by the new Spot 7 book as well.

This morning the boys also created colourful pictures with our son's new paint set. I think we may use the paintings as Christmas wrap next month ... if they ever dry, that is. The pictures are still sitting on our kitchen counter. Hopefully the paint will dry overnight!

Our new paint set. The tubes have brushes built right in.

Some beautiful blobs (I mean works of art).

The painting on the left is titled "Lindsay and Benjamin dancing on their wedding day".

In related news, our three-year-old received one other notable gift for his birthday --- a new potty. (Potty training has been a struggle for our easy-going second son.) Today he used his potty six times and went diaperless all day long. No accidents! His underwear even stayed dry through nap time. It would appear a new potty and Halloween candy bribes are a powerful combination ;-).

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