Minnow touched his first earthworm today.  How exciting for a little boy.  He did try to stomp on it but I stopped him, teaching him that we must be nice to all creatures–note to self “do not stomp spiders in front of young child”.  He then picked up the worm and put him back in the dirt pile.  He thought it was pretty cool.  He spend half of the morning holding up his finger reminding me that he “touched a worm.”  A true highlight of a young boys life. 

The worm touching was just the first in a long line of excitement today.  We celebrated Minnow’s 2nd birthday–his acutal birthday is Monday but that really isn’t a great day for a party.  Minnow had a great time.  He loves having company.  He got lots of great presents–mostly clothes–which is awesome as the child doesn’t really need anymore toys and I figure that this is one of the last years that he can get clothes before he starts making that face when he opens that clothes.  Come on–we all know that face.  Just think back to that sweather your grandma gave you when you were 13.  Yeah. That’s the face.  The highlight in terms of presents was the 6 pack of bubbles and the bubble mower. 

What 2-year-olds birthday party is complete without a Mickey Mouse Cake.  I am proud to say that he blew out his own candle and helped himself to the cake before I could even cut it.  Did you know that you can cut pieces of cake too big?  I didn’t.  I can’t believe that pieces of cake can be too big.  Live a little people!

Lastly, the mural is Minnow’s new big boy room was completed today–after 14 hours of work by an absolutely amazing artist.  I hope that Minnow will love it for years to come.  I think it turned out absolutely amazing….We are having a mural also done in Peepers room.  I’ll post pictures of it on Monday when it’s finished. 

It has been a crazy weekend and I am now ready for a glass of wine and some relaxation…