It's been another birthday party weekend, with two separate events to keep the boys occupied. First we went to an incredible gym at a local athletic club I didn't even really know existed, where there was a blow-up bounce house, basketballs, and much happy giggling and running around. Later on in the party room, Z ate multiple pieces of pizza (crust-first, naturally; we've started briefly discussing his own party, and he keeps talking about how "there will be pizza" -- so there you go, we may have our food option selected!), and both boys enjoyed the cake, O getting impossibly more of it on his face than in his mouth, and Z delicately eating the cake away from under the frosting, which he left behind. There were gift bags with a much coveted pair of red-bulbed flashlights that kept both boys up for the past two nights, as well as a mix CD - alas, no Frozen tunes (wait, I think that should be considered a plus?), but the boys were game to listen on the drive home.
Party two was earlier today, at a favorite local children's museum. In addition to the usual building, pneumatic tubes with silk scarves, running around, climbing through a big rig, and water toys, there was an art project where each of the kids got to make their own crown. Both boys were totally into it; Z's featured a few months of the year (May and June being the most prominent), while O's was a more abstract self-described "rainbow forest" of marker scribbles and hand-smears. The previous party's lack of Frozen content was more than made up for here, with cake, plates, and decorations all nicely themed to the kids' favorite current film.
In L news, she's been doing some nice grasping and has moved on to coos when she's happy, and thankfully slightly less frequent sadness in the car. The boys continue to adore her; I still struggle to get shots of Z's interactions (he does great at soothing her, and sometimes helps unbuckle her when it's time to get out of the car), but O is more than happy to mug for the camera when I catch him interacting with his sister.
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