Today, and pretty much this weekend, we celebrated Spencer's birthday. He had the entire weekend off, so that was great for all of us! On Saturday morning I made him french toast with a honey banana syrup and after that we went to the mall to walk around and get some coffee. After Ella Ann's nap we packed up balls, books, food, drinks, and a blanket and hit the park to enjoy the amazing spring weather! We were there for quite a while and we were all in heaven relaxing on the blanket, people watching, and watching Ella Ann run around in the grass and chase balls. I walked down the street and picked up sandwiches for us to eat for dinner. Ella Ann thought it was the greatest thing ever that we were eating on a blanket at the park! She kept saying, "We're having a little picnic!!!" She enjoyed it so much I may have to throw out a blanket on our balcony and let her eat her lunch out there as a treat this week. When we got home Ella Ann and I baked Spencer's birthday cake. After putting Ella Ann to bed that evening (thankfully she went right to sleep which has not happened in weeks because she lays in bed and screams forever since she is afraid of being alone now...it's just lovely and I could go on and on about that forever) Spencer and I watched "Pirates of the Caribbean At World's End." If you have seen the first two, we highly recommend the third. It was really good!
Ella Ann woke Spencer up this morning and sang "Happy Birthday" to him. I made him monkey bread and then we were off to church. This afternoon we ran some errands and then went to a great Mediterranean restaurant for dinner. The waitress gave Spencer a huge piece of chocolate mouse cake for his birthday and even Ella Ann chipped in and ate the whip cream...she thought it was ice cream but loved it anyway!
I think Spencer had a very enjoyable weekend, mainly since he didn't have to work! Here are some pictures from the park and the birthday!
Playing in the park.
Ella Ann loves to lay on Spencer's back while he does push ups.....
she made him do one at the park!
"Our little picnic!"
Before dinner at Basil's.
Look at all those candles! I didn't even have enough for his age!! :)
Blowing out the candles.
1 comment:
What a great day! It sounds like Spencer had a great birthday weekend!
I was glad to read that Ella Ann went to sleep easily...hopefully that will become a habit! :)
Love,
Mandy
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