Olliewog's Weekend Birthday Bash

This kid is two years old. He is a sweetheart, such a mild-mannered, go-with-the-flow, cheerful little fella. I love his fluffy hair, and his mischief grin, and his big blue eyes. I think Heavenly Father knew we'd need a peaceful person in our house, and so he sent us Oliver.

Friday was Ollie's birthday. Gramma Tam came down to spend the whole weekend with us. Friday morning we went to the Youth Theater production of Pinkalicious! The kids absolutely loved it, especially Adelia. It was very pink and frilly. Lots of bouncing and face-paced music. It was kind of an exercise of patience for me to sit through, but it kept Ollie's attention, so that was good.

After the play, we ran a few errands and had sample at Costco, then we went to Chick-fil-a for lunch, so the kids could play on the playground. Ollie really loved that. He didn't want to leave.

Once we got home and got all the kids napping and in quiet time, Mom helped me make an airplane cake for Ollie. I thought it turned out so cute.

Aaron picked up a few pizzas on his way home from work, and then Chuck and Debbie came over for birthday dinner.

The great debate this year, was what to get Ollie for his birthday. We have oodles more toys than we need, and I've spent the last few months trying to downsize our collection as it is. Plus, all the things Ollie really likes to play with (cars, trains, balls) we already have aplenty. So what do you get a 2 year old when you don't want him to have any more stuff? We asked the Grandparents to contribute money to his bank account. We got him the book Andy Warhol's Colors, so that he'd have something to open, and decided we'd take a trip up to Thanksgiving Point. We encouraged each of the kids to spend time playing with Ollie on his birthday, rather than giving him a present. All in all, I think this worked out well. Although, admittedly, I felt a little guilty while he was opening his tiny book, that the "opening presents" part of his birthday wasn't more exciting.

Gramma Tam slept over, and came with us on our adventure up to Thanksgiving Point. We decided to go to the Museum of Natural Curiosity. I think we even hit all the rooms, except the outdoor gardens. Ollie's favorite part was the water table in the Water Works room, but he also enjoyed spinning balls in the Motion room, and the little kids area in the Rain Forest room.