The night before Riley's birthday, he awoke crying around 8:30 p.m. and wanted to go to the bathroom. This was out of the norm so we went to investigate. As I helped put his Pull-Ups back on, I could feel his legs were really warm. Sure enough, 101.5. Happy birthday to you. Instead of celebrating with homemade chocolate-peanut butter cookies and his friends at daycare, he spent the day zoned in front of the TV in a feverish haze.Luckily, come evening, he was back to his old self. Chuck E. Cheese for dinner waited one night, but he got to open presents from us - more train tracks and a cargo crane.
Since he eats his friends and all, there really wasn't much sense in trying to pull together a birthday party. We've been leaning toward kid adventures instead of parties lately, and Riley stated without hesitation that he wanted to ride a pony. He's said this for at least two months. So we planned a day of pony and train riding at Griffith Park, and were thrilled to have Hallie join us solo for the whole day and night.Unfortunately, when the time came for Riley to, uh, pony up.... he chickened out. Hallie, who said she was scared but didn't show it, and Holden had a great ride, though.
Always a hit is trains. Everyone was excited to take a spin around the park.
After the train ride, we let the kids blow off their own steam at the playground. We had a picnic, ran from the bees and played in the sand. All that activity would surely lead to them conking out in the car, right? Right? No.
The fun didn't end there. We had all the family over that night for dinner and, of course, cake and ice cream. Hallie's very talented mom, Jami, made the cake for the Ra and it was delicious! Riley had told me he wanted a ladybug cake (no, I have no idea where that came from). When I suggested a bi-plane cake, he loved the idea. Jami surprised him and did both!
The next morning, all the kids spent a long time playing trains with all the cool new add-ons. Sleepover was a success, as was the b-day happs.
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