dominic's going to have a whole season of birthday celebration! last night we went out to red robin for dinner before opa goes to malawi (tomorrow). we had a good time at RR, in spite of their short-handedness (or so they said). i was disappointed that they "didn't have enough staff" to sing happy birthday to him. what is up with that?! but dominic didn't notice.
he loves to see the train there and he enjoyed his mac-n-cheese. i tried not to mention the mac-n-cheese because i wanted him to get something else, but he recognized the picture right away. when the server came to take our order, he quickly announced (with no prompting), "i was macaroni-cheese." later, when the mac-n-cheese arrived, he said, "where's my cheeseburger?" haha, what a kid.
and he loved his birthday ice cream. i had to ask for a balloon and the server begrudgingly brought one.
everyone else had fun too...
then we went home and omi & opa gave him their present. oh, what an exciting moment it was! with the perfect gift bag...
what is it? what is it? it's... a...
TRAIN!!!
this gorgeous train was made by an amish toymaker in pennsylvania and carefully hidden by omi all these months.
i was surprised it took him a full five minutes to ask where the train tracks were.
omi told him it was a magic train that didn't need tracks. oooooooh.
he likes to take the cars apart and line them up "in the changing station"
then he attaches them again and circles them before driving again. what a funny guy.
thanks, omi and opa!!
then mathias got goofy with the balloon... hilarity ensued...
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