gifting
yesterday our "birthday gifts" for paul arrived. (it may be our birthdays, but he gets the treats. no logic. just excuse to buy stuff.) i bought him a melissa & doug mailbox, cam got him a toby (thomas and friends). we also bought a wooden birthday cake because, let's face it, making an allergen-free cake takes a bit of time.
when i saw how big the mailbox was (my fault, i didn't look at the dimensions on the site), i decided to put it away until his birthday. luckily i had just bought the "blue's big musical movie" dvd, so i decided to just give him that. my birthday isn't for a few days, though, so i may change my mind.
as soon as paul saw toby, he got all excited. "toby! toby! open!" the cake was also well received. "'wave." paul insisted, and put a slice of wooden cake in his microwave.
me: blow out the candles!
paul: twee. two. one. [blows]
me: [clapping] good job!
paul's new potty also showed up, but he seemed almost afraid of it and the included "surprisingly anatomically correct" joshua doll.
me: where's your doll? where is joshua?
paul: boc. boc.
cam: don't you love how boc is the singular of box?
i got cam what he asked for -- a new leatherman squirt with scissors and a subscription to "family handyman." i wish i had the time to come up with something imaginative and personal, but i didn't. i should have made the time.