Archie is really excited about Greek mythology, thanks to the Rick Riordan series of books about Percy Jackson and the Olympians (which he has now has me reading as well!) . He really got into the exhibit due to the parallels of the Egyptian gods with the Greek and Roman gods. The exhibit was quite good and I wish I could have heard more of the audio part of the tour. Even on their best behavior, little kids require a lot of attention around items they aren't supposed to touch! However, Archie seemed to get a lot out of the exhibit, as he walked around with the the audio thingy glued to his ear and seemed to really enjoy himself and got excited about various things in it.
As a reward for the little kids doing as well as could be expected in the "Don't Touch" part of our day, I decided we'd head to the Children's Museum portion. Everyone enjoyed the balls section. Lawrence really liked when the balls would fall on his head after the overhead bucket got full.
Next to the balls was the mock supermarket, diner, home and gas station. Here is Miss Lydia trying to eat a plastic pretzel she found:
Lawrence pushing the shopping buggy (or 'cart' for those of my Northern counterparts who don't know what a buggy is!).
Miss Lydia trying to eat a loaf of French bread!
After we arrived home, the little ones took naps and Archie and I baked the cake. It was an extremely busy day and I was really glad I had thought ahead enough to prepare the sauce for the spaghetti before we left for the museum this morning!
Here is Lawrence and Lydia sitting on the porch, where we were anxiously awaiting Daddy's arrival home so the Dirthday Party could begin.
The little girl next door gave Lawrence a robot puppy. Lawrence wanted to photograph it and needed us to hold it for him.
Daddy kept Baby busy while the boys and I decorated Lawrence's cake. Here are the boys putting on the sprinkles.
And the finished product. Lawrence was particularly excited about his 'twinkle twinkle star' candles! Three of them!
All last week, Lawrence has been excited about his birthday. First we are to turn out all the lights, then sing "Happy Dirthday", then blow out the candles and eat ice cream. We did exactly those things, just as he said.
Here is Lawrence opening his presents. A Batman thermos! Wahoo!
Morgan and her boyfriend Zack joined us for the festivities. Here is Lawrence tearing into another gift.
I realize how weird this is going to seem, but Lawrence really wanted some Pebbles cereal for his birthday. Except he calls them Krebbles. I don't buy them very often because the kids (and my husband) will eat them for breakfast, lunch and dinner and they don't usually last more than two days. So here is Lawrence's very own box of Krebbles! I'm sure he'll be having multi-colored poops in the next few days due to eating so much of these things.
Morgan and Zack got Lawrence a Batmobile which goes all by itself and is super loud and just the thing that a three year old loves! He and Archie were racing it against the other vehicles he got for his birthday. Every time there was this same reaction!
Toward the end of the evening, I noticed his birthday gifts beginning to disappear. Turns out he put them in the refrigerator to keep them away from Baby!
A very successful day was had and I think Lawrence had a great time turning three years old, although he absolutely insists he is two. No matter. He went to bed happy and is currently sleeping with his cars, new Batman lunch box with monkey jammies inside it, and Batman thermos with water. Ready for anything the night has to offer. Minus the Krebbles. That's the last thing we need--lots of crunchy Krebbles keeping everyone awake all night!
