A Fun Birthday Luau

Dear Logan,

Daddy, Mommy, and big brother attended baby Calvin's 1st Birthday Luau today. It was a lot of fun, especially, with the beautiful warm weather down in Palo Alto. When we first got there, we immediately spotted a bouncy house. I tried to get your brother to go inside, and without much encouragement, he immediately climbed in. I was so surprised! Your brother has never, ever been inside a bouncy house. I've tried many, many times to get him to play in there since he's 2 years old, but he was always scared to try. I am not sure why all of a sudden he became such a fan. He spent most of the day in there jumping up and down!

This was such a kid's party! There were all these different bubble wands, bubble machine, leis and hats for adults and kids to play, beach balls, and balloon animals. It was a fun party, and your brother definitely had a lot of fun. We didn't eat a whole lot at the party, because we went to Ikea for some meatballs right before it. Daddy had promised Aidan that we'd go there on the weekend.

While we're at Ikea, I took the time to show your brother the play area inside. I wasn't sure how much fun it was, but I told him all the fun things that he could be doing inside, IF he was potty-trained. Daddy and Mommy both talked up this place, and when we left, your brother immediately wanted to go to the restroom. Ha! Not sure if that's going to work. But at least when we went home, he was a little less resistant to use the potty. We kept his pull-up, but continued to remind him to use the potty. He initiated once to use the potty at the party, and twice to use the potty in the afternoon at home, and once he actually told me he wanted to poop! Since it's a holiday weekend and we're going out most of the time, we couldn't potty-train him full force. But we'll just continue to motivate him, and bribe him.

Your brother has been playing a lot of Wii lately. Everytime he comes home from school, he would play 20-30 mins of Wii with either Mommy or Daddy before dinner. This has been our routine last week. I bet he knew that and he has been napping at school. He is actually playing a lot better on Tennis and Bowling. I think his record bowling score was higher than mine!

It's been a very tiring day because of the sun. Tomorrow, we'll be meeting with Meli, Auntie Leonor and Uncle Kyle at the Children Discovery Museum. We have opted to stay home and watch the fireworks because it's just too much hassle, and a little too late for your brother to be doing that outdoors. He's still a little scared of the noise, though he likes watching the fireworks. Maybe when he's a little older, then we'll take him out for the real deal.

Enjoy some of the pictures at the Luau party today and Mommy will talk to you soon.




Love you,
Mommy