Happy Birthday to Matthew

The buddies attended another birthday party this afternoon. Their friend, Matthew turned 2! Matthew has older twin brothers and his mom is a pro at showing kids a good time. There were fun things for kids of all ages at the party. Ace and Ben were so occupied that Steve and I were able to relax, chat with friends, and even drink a few beers.

Ace loved the backyard, where there was a huge play scape with a rock- climbing wall (yes, he could climb it!), several tall slides, a basketball goal, a sandbox, swings, and lots of tricycles. He was in heaven running around back there. He is starting to talk (of course - now that we have him in speech therapy!) and ran around jibbering to himself and anyone who would listen.

Ben, who is our more methodical boy, eyed the train table in the playroom and played quietly there for most of the afternoon. While he played he sang, "choo- choo". He was so obsessed with the trains that he wouldn't eat dinner and wasn't even interested in birthday cake. Steve finally convinced him to check out the backyard and he decided that was fun too. But, after 5 minutes of playing outside, he realized how hungry he was so he sat at the kiddie picnic table and helped himself to some other toddler's big plate of food. It's a good thing we're not afraid of cooties.