Phew!

This has been a whirlwind of a long weekend! The festivities began on Wednesday for
Bryce's 2nd Birthday! Bryce still needed some help to blow out the candles, but was very intrigued by the smoke!

A picture of the "Choo-Choo" cake before we dug in! Bryce couldn't wait for us to get him a plate!

Cake and kisses!

Bryce openening his birthday gift from Mimi (and this picture has a bonus element in that you get to see how big my belly is now!)

"Wow-ee" A farm animal puzzle!

On Thursday, Macky came over and gave Bryce his birthday presents... Cowboy boots and hat! Bryce even walks like a cowboy when he has his boots on!

Macky also brought up hydroponic tomato kit, so Bryce helped Jeremy plant the tomato seeds. Bryce was and is super interested in what is happening with the seeds...hopefully, they will survive his attention!

Later that evening (Thanksgiving), Jackie and Julien joined us for dinner. Julien rejected all of the food I made (even the pies!), but he and Bryce had a fantastic time playing!

Bryce and Julien are both very skilled drummers, though, we all would have liked it more if they had felt the urge to drum on something a little softer and quieter!

On Friday, we went to the NYC Transit Museum for Bryce's birthday party. He had a fantastic time and was joined by a few of his friends (Eva, Daphne and Julien).

Here, Bryce and Eva are playing on the subway cars. The museum has a variety of cars (throughout the ages) that you can explore.

Bryce particularly enjoyed being able to run...everywhere!

He also felt knowledgeable enough about the museum to act as a tour guide!

The weekend ended with Julien's 2nd birthday party, which was lots of fun. Unfortunately, my camera never came out of my bag while we were there...