Happy Birthday

Finally! At last! Clayton's birthday was here! As I was getting him up on Saturday morning, I asked, "Guess what today is?" He started shouting "Puppy Party! Puppy Party! Puppy Party!" and was jumping up and down. The excitement continued until his "real" birthday (as he called it) came to an end Sunday evening. His party went well. He had a lot of fun playing with his friends and even more fun eating a pupcake. Instead of doing one cake, I made puppy cupcakes. They were fairly simple and very fast to do. He'd seen them on the counter Friday and had to wait almost 24 hours before he could actually put his fingers on one. Since Saturday at 1:00 he's managed to eat 5...at least the icing off the top.

Equally as exciting as the cupcakes were the presents. A big thank you to Uncle Garrett and Uncle Cameron for a new fishing pole!! Cyle has drilled out the handle and filled it with spray foam...hopefully this one will never get dropped overboard, but if it does, maybe now it will float. Since Clayton has a new pole (and a new tackle box full of "wormies" from Mom and Dad) we had to go fishing this afternoon.

And what is a birthday without candles? Clayton was so enthused about blowing them out that we've put them in 1) a cupcake, 2) pancakes, 3) a hot dog, and 4) just held them, sang "Happy Birthday" and let him blow them out.

Apart from all of the birthday excitement, we've had a very busy week. Monday was a Canadian holiday and Cyle took Tuesday off, too. So we had him home 2 days this week. Clayton loves it when Daddy is home. He tells us, "Happy Daddy home!"
On Thursday we went to the Museum of Science and Technology. While most of the exhibits were much too old for Clayton, he did really enjoy the curvy mirrors. We also got to watch a group of summer camp kids shoot water rockets. Clayton thought those were very, very cool and kept asking to see them again and again.

He also had his 2 year old well baby exam this week. He hasn't ever gotten his State Dept. medical clearance, so we had a really thorough visit complete with a TB test and a blood sample. He was really brave while they took his blood. He sat perfectly still and his tears were completely distracted away by a "special" band-aid. It was yellow to match his "bulldozer tractor machine." I'm so thankful to have such a healthy little boy that we only have to put him through something like a blood test every once in a great while.

The weather has been really crazy, but amazingly nice. We've gotten rain nearly everyday and sun nearly everyday and the temperature is rarely above 80. I must say, it has been great. We've not gotten a lot of swimming in, but that's okay with me.

On Tuesday, the electric company came to trim trees. I heard their truck pull into the driveway and said, "Cyle, someone's here." Clayton started jumping and said, "Baby Levi! Baby Levi!" He can't wait for his baby brother to arrive and keeps telling us, "Baby Levi, coming soon!" He sounds just like a movie preview. Hopefully Baby Levi will be coming soon. Until then, have a great August!