Gary's birthday was on Saturday. We spent Saturday morning having a big breakfast (waffles, sausage, eggs, and peaches) and opening presents. Elliot liked the waffles and peaches, but not the sausage and eggs. He also liked Gary's birthday balloon.
In the afternoon we headed to Palo Alto with 2 goals: go to the playground and buy a cake. I had made Gary cookies for his birthday, but we both agreed a cake from The Prolific Oven would be dandy. We did the playground first, it's about halfway between Gary's office (where we parked) and the bakery. Elliot had a blast. He played with the water fountain, went down the slide, tried out the swing, and dug in the sand. He and Gary found a bucket, and Gary worked on filling the bucket with sand while Elliot emptied it out for him.
After the playground we continued on to the bakery. We missed their lunch hours, so we walked across the street to a burger joint. They have free children's meals in September, so we got Elliot a grilled cheese sandwich and french fries for lunch. They were a success, which is good, because he didn't like our burgers (although he did like our onion rings). Back at the bakery, Gary picked out a chocolate rum cake to bring home. We're over half way through it already! There's a toy store next to the bakery, where we stopped and picked up a pack of fat crayons and a shovel-and-pail set.
Sunday was pretty uneventful. We went to a salad bar restaurant for lunch, which is a terrific place to take kids. Elliot got to sample lots of different foods; his favorites included green olives, beets, macaroni-and-cheese, peas, and corn. He also liked the miniature cones I got for him, although he made an awful face in response to the ice cream in one of them. We spent most of the rest of the day at home playing. Elliot tried coloring, but seemed more interested in eating the crayons.
I would say that at home he spends over half his locomotion time walking, rather than crawling. Gary doesn't think it's quite that much, but I think it depends on the time of day. Also, if I remind Elliot to walk, he tends to stand up and walk more often.
Posted by Jen at September 11, 2006 03:12 PMWow, sounds like you all had quite an active and fun weekend! What's next? Coconut shrimp!?! Dark chocolate? Roller blades?!!
Posted by: mom at September 12, 2006 04:04 PMNo shrimp until he's older, in case of allergies. Dark chocolate and roller blades are fine, though. :)
Posted by: Jen at September 12, 2006 07:14 PM