Impossible Birthday Wishes?

When we asked Roo who he wanted at his birthday party this year he named just a couple of friend and his cousins who live in Georgia. We were wondering how in the world we were going to get his cousins from Georgia at his birthday party. Luckily, they were going on vacation to Maine and were going to stop at our house on the way back, the weekend before his party!

We didn't tell Roo and boy was he surprised when we asked him to open the door. He was so happy to see Maddie and Annabell. They came with a few of their friends that they went to Maine with and we all had a good time. We had a nice BBQ lunch and then spent the rest of the day at the pool.

Roo thinks he can swim even though he can't but was able to successfully navigate the big pool with several (lots) of pool noodles. We liked calling him noodle boy for the day.

Roo loved when we all sang happy birthday to him and said he loved the froggie cupcakes I made. Bug was my cupcake making helper!

Surprise birthday party #1 was a success. Looks like we'll be celebrating Roo's birthday all month long!

More from Roo

Grandma and Grandpa came over for dinner tonight and Grandpa was swinging Roo and Bug on the swings. Roo came in the house and said "Dad, you have to come out here, Grandpa's not listening." Roo wanted Grandpa to swing him higher on the swing. But really, Roo is the king of not listening these days, especially today, so it made it that much funnier.

Also, while they were outside, Grandpa told Roo that he loves him. Roo said, "you don't have to tell me that Grandpa, I know that." Pretty sweet!

Food Allergy and Fever

If I haven't mentioned it on here before, we've been trying to figure out Bug's random fevers for a while now. He had some last summer and then they seemed to go away after Baxter moved out. He started getting them again this summer, especially when we were in Maine and many evenings after playing outside. After lots of blood work and our pediatrician consulting with our food allergist at Hopkins, the answer is as we suspected and hoped for....yes, some food allergy kids get random fevers, especially in the evening and no, they're not sick. This was great news and we're excited to have an answer.

Nuts and Bolts

We got home yesterday and Roo greeted us while holding onto his wrench. We noticed that he also had 3 bolts. Daddy asked Roo where he got the bolts from and he replied that he got them from the their play place. Daddy looked over the play place with Roo and asked him how he got them. Roo proceeded to show daddy that he simply used the wrench to unbolt the bolts. Daddy reported to me that he needs to put the bolts back in and we instructed Roo that he's not to take anymore out or the structure may come apart. Looks like we've got a little structural engineer on our hands!