2 Years As A Mommy
Monday, May 02, 2011
On April 28th, Marin turned 2 years old. Wow. Where has the last year went? I will admit that the first year dragged on. And on. And on. But, from his first birthday party to his second just flew by. I just can't believe it.
Since Marin's actual birthday fell on a week day, we didn't have any big plans. I thought about taking him to the zoo or something "big" like that. With plans in the works for his bash on Saturday, I had not made any preparations for his "real" birthday. I was starting to get pretty down about it when Matthew made the most profound statement of the day. He said that kids are so much easier to please than we are. He said that adults think that we have to do something big for a kid for their birthday. So, I decided to ask Marin. And, you know what, for the first time in nearly 9 years Matthew was right. :)
First, he wanted to go to PetsMart to look at the animals. They put on a real show for him. One of the dogs was menacingly baring its teeth at a groomer. A snake was trying to escape from its cage, poking its nose all around the top of the enclosure. And the crowning moment was when a rat backed its tail up to the glass that Marin had his face pressed against and pooped. Marin was delighted. He squealed "Rat! Poop!" the rest of the evening.
Next, he wanted to go to the grocery store to ride the penny horse. We got 3 cents in and it quit working. Sweet Marin was more concerned about the horse being "sick" than he was that he didn't get to ride anymore.
His third request was the funniest of all. "Wal-Mart. Fan." The kid wanted to go to the garden center of Wal-Mart and look at the large fans on the ceiling. So, we did. Everyone knows going to Wal-Mart "just to look" at anything is dangerous. While there, I spied a water table that I previously thought was only available online. Needless to say, it ended up in the back of the car. You can see pics of Marin enjoying his birthday gift on his blog.
More to come later about the birthday celebrations.....Marin is screaming and a piece of leftover cake might take the edge off of my headache.
Since Marin's actual birthday fell on a week day, we didn't have any big plans. I thought about taking him to the zoo or something "big" like that. With plans in the works for his bash on Saturday, I had not made any preparations for his "real" birthday. I was starting to get pretty down about it when Matthew made the most profound statement of the day. He said that kids are so much easier to please than we are. He said that adults think that we have to do something big for a kid for their birthday. So, I decided to ask Marin. And, you know what, for the first time in nearly 9 years Matthew was right. :)
First, he wanted to go to PetsMart to look at the animals. They put on a real show for him. One of the dogs was menacingly baring its teeth at a groomer. A snake was trying to escape from its cage, poking its nose all around the top of the enclosure. And the crowning moment was when a rat backed its tail up to the glass that Marin had his face pressed against and pooped. Marin was delighted. He squealed "Rat! Poop!" the rest of the evening.
Next, he wanted to go to the grocery store to ride the penny horse. We got 3 cents in and it quit working. Sweet Marin was more concerned about the horse being "sick" than he was that he didn't get to ride anymore.
His third request was the funniest of all. "Wal-Mart. Fan." The kid wanted to go to the garden center of Wal-Mart and look at the large fans on the ceiling. So, we did. Everyone knows going to Wal-Mart "just to look" at anything is dangerous. While there, I spied a water table that I previously thought was only available online. Needless to say, it ended up in the back of the car. You can see pics of Marin enjoying his birthday gift on his blog.
More to come later about the birthday celebrations.....Marin is screaming and a piece of leftover cake might take the edge off of my headache.
