Little Boys, Dump Trucks, and Dirt

One of the most special things we did over the Thanksgiving holidays was celebrate great-nephew, Weston's, 2nd birthday.

We started with gift-opening: a wide variety (size and types) of vehicles, a couple of varieties of blocks, lots of manly-man pj's, etc. The big hit for Carl (who is slightly older than 2) was the cardboard blocks -- assemblying them and then playing with them.

Next was the birthday cake: Mandi had bought a LARGE plastic dump truck and she filled the bed with "dirt cake" (ground Oreo's, vanilla pudding, and very realistic-looking chocolate rocks). Carl was absolutely enamored with this production -- his eyes were bright, his face was aglow, and he had a huge grin on his face.

I told Mandi that she and I need to get together and schedule a play date between Carl and Weston!