Memorial Weekend Visitors

Warren and Mom came out for Memorial Weekend.  It happened to also be my birthday weekend and we had a wonderful time.  THIS POST IS LONG.  I am going to walk you through the weekend with the pictures.

Warren made the table and chairs.  They are absolutely beautiful.  He did a fantastic job and we have used them every single day.  Cedrik loves having a place he can sit and do his activities and eat snacks.

They played with crazy dough (off brand of play dough) which was promptly thrown away.  It stuck to everything and wasn't any fun--I made them smile anyway.

For my birthday dinner we went to Fork.  Thanks to Adrienne for recommending the butter cake, is it so fantastic.  We also had the grilled artichoke and I had the bbq pulled chicken sandwich with all the extras. SO.GOOD.

Freddie fell asleep about 10 minutes after we arrived and slept the entire time.  He's wonderful.

Cedrik wanted to drive home.

Red Velvet cake from scratch; my mom made it.  It was pretty good.  Jordan sang me happy birthday and took me to see The Avengers.  It is a really good movie. 

A woman I visit teach has chicks.  Adrienne, don't be jealous. :)  We were able to watch the over them weekend. Cedrik thought they were awesome.

This doesn't even need a description.  He's just a boy.

Cedrik is particular.  He doesn't like bugs, he mostly doesn't like his hands dirty and he is intense about both of these things.  But, Papa held the rolie polie, so he was brave enough to touch it after a few minutes. 

Since Papa left, Cedrik loves to lay down on the ground to look at bugs. 

Breakfast at Elmer's.  The decor can't be beat.

Yes, he fell asleep holding on.

Mom took Cedrik, Freddie and me to the aquarium.  If you haven't been there yet, it is worth the 9 dollars!  Yes, it is Boise, but just like the Zoo, they have done an amazing job with a little amount of space and probably not very much money.  It looks like they are adding on, but it was totally cool.  (I wouldn't buy the fish food again, Cedrik didn't get it and it was just as cool to pet everything)

Jordan loves these cuttlefish.  There is a great Nova about them.  They are very smart.

Iguanas.  I'm not sure why is this at an aquarium.  I guess they do live in an aquarium, but still not something I think of when the word "aquarium" comes to mind.  Cedrik thought it felt very cool. 

This is a fish.  Seriously.

Birds.  Again, not sure why they are at the aquarium, but they were funny to watch.

You can touch almost everything.  In this little area there were starfish and horseshoe crabs, among other things.  Cedrik let go of his fear at the beginning and wanted to touch everything.  It was so wonderful!

He was given a tricycle for his birthday.  It is completely precious to see him on it and the first time he got on I was teary eyed.  He's no longer my baby and it's hard to let that go.  BUT he is in such a wonderful stage that I can't be sad for long.

He's about 1/4" too short.  In about a month he'll be racing the neighbor boy!

Warren washed windows.  Then they realized the windows pop out--this made Jordan very happy.

We went to a park and Cedrik had a blast playing with Papa and Jordan.  Anytime he can play with the both of them he is so happy.  He loves his Papa and Baba.

I love them.  And Fred too.