Month: April 2013

Koben and I went out shopping Friday night so that he could get Nolan’s present. We had no idea what we were looking for, but figured that walking around the store long enough, we’d find something for Nolan. We had spotted a couple of toys that we thought Nolan would enjoy, but nothing too exciting. Then, Koben noticed the display of big monster trucks. These were the larger sized trucks like Nolan’s favorite Taz truck. We put two of them in the shopping cart and continued to look around and eventually found another display with more of the same type of trucks and now had the difficult choice of which ones to get. We could get two, but which two? Koben made the decision and we were done shopping.

Koben was so excited about the gifts that he picked out for Nolan. Since Grandma and Grandpa would have to leave shortly after the party was over, they gave Nolan his presents before the party. Koben went into his closet, where his gifts for Nolan were, and brought down the bags containing Nolan’s gifts. I told him not yet and a couple of minutes later, he said, “Dad, can I give Nolan his presents now?” He asked a couple more times before giving up. When he did finally get to give them to Nolan, it was complete joy for both of them.

Then it was time for the gift from Mom and Dad, a Lego tanker truck. He’s a little young to build it, but he loves to play with (and take apart) Koben’s Legos. Now he has the first in his collection. He couldn’t wait for me to put it together for him.

Nolan made out very well. I think every present he received had at least four wheels. Some were fast and some were loud, but they are all very much fun.

And then it was time to sing Happy Birthday, make a wish and blow out the candles. I’m not sure what his wish was, but I bet it had something to do with more trucks! And, I have no clue what the look was about in the picture below. This was during the singing of Happy Birthday, so maybe he was embarrassed by our off key singing (“Please let this torture be over with, I have cake to eat!”).

And then, it was time to drive the Monster Trucks on the cake. I’m hoping that this is a one time thing and not a new tradition. And I really hope that wasn’t the same truck that he was driving through the mud the day before.

Eating the cake was next on the list. I see that Nolan shovels that cake in just like his Dad. He ate most of the cake on his plate and then drove his cars and trucks through what remained. Oh, what have we taught him?