Samuel turned one last Monday, so we went for a little family trip. What could be better than tracking some dinosaurs?!?
Here’s Truman and his favorite dinosaur. “My yong neck! It’s my yong neck!!”
And below, John, Evelyn and Samuel check out the big T-Rex. Both of these dinos were created for The World’s Fair in the 1960’s, and now they reside at Dinosaur Valley State Park.
We hiked around a river, too, and saw some real fossilized dinosaur footprints. Here’s Brad with our little crew:
That night at the hotel, the yuckies hit our family (in a bad way!), and we spent the remainder of the week trying to get over stomach bugs and head colds.
Last night, we were finally all well enough to finish celebrating Samuel’s birthday… with cake, of course!
Happy 1st Birthday to Samuel! Looking at the pictures, can you tell that he liked his cake? :) He loved it, but it took him a while to accept the feeling of the icing on his fingers. He definitely wanted no part in “diving in” to his cake! Even after Brad let him have a little lick of icing, he wouldn’t touch the cake. But once we cut him a small piece and put it on his tray, he stuffed it in!
Our good friends, the Dells, came to celebrate with us. After dinner and cake, Samuel opened a couple gifts. As most kids his age do, he really liked the wrapping paper and boxes! I think that’s one of the best parts about giving gifts to a 1-year old. They don’t know that the thing inside is the gift!!
Of course, if I had given him his most-wanted gift, he would have been so happy, and played with it exclusively! But I didn’t get it for him. He’s hinted at it in every way that he can, almost daily. But I resisted. It’s for his own good! He doesn’t know what could happen, if I gave him that gift. I’m standing firm! This 1-year old has no business having his very own collection of sharpened pencils! I’ve come to this conclusion through observing him, almost daily, walking around holding one of Evelyn’s sharpened pencils—sharp side up! There seems to be an unending supply of sharp pencils in our house, and even though I think I’ve put them away from his reach, he somehow finds another one. So, as you can see, there’s no way I was going to give him what he really, truly wanted for his birthday. I think it’s better that way!
