Yes, two years ago today my second bundle of joy arrived. We celebrated with a family day at home. Hubby had the day off for President's Day which was nice. Edward slept late, and Elizabeth was so impatient for him to wake up and open his presents! He was very excited to see the big pile we had for him, and he seemed to like everything we got him, as he wanted to play with each one before opening another. That meant it took him ages to open them all up!
After lunch we went into the back yard to take a family picture as it was a gorgeous day. Then we came back in and lit the '2' candle on the train cake Dave and Elizabeth made. He loved us singing happy birthday to him (a stark contrast to Elizabeth who hated it the first 2 or 3 years).
After we'd had some cake we drove to Mountain View and caught the CalTrain for a ride into San Francisco. Edward really loves trains, so we thought he would enjoy a ride on one. He did have fun, except when we went through the tunnels. He didn't seem to like everything outside disappearing! When we arrived in San Francisco it was already getting late, and quite chilly, so we just walked up to the nearest McDonalds, had a burger, then caught the train home again.
All in all it was a very nice day. It wasn't quite what we originally planned though. In previous years we have always held a barbecue in our backyard on the kids birthdays and invited our friends. Last year we didn't get many people coming to either party though, so this year we decided to just have a family day for Edward's birthday (Elizabeth will be having a party with all her school friends). We thought we would get the train into SF and ride the cable cars. Or alternatively we thought we might go to the children's museum in San Jose, and/or drive down to Monterey and visit the aquarium. In the end we didn't do any of that as both the kids are sick. They both have a nasty chesty cough, Edward also has a stuffy nose, and Elizabeth has a fever. So we decided to just take it easy instead.
Nothing ever goes to plan when you have kids, but as Oasis once said, you gotta roll with it :)
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