Tilly's birthday was actually yesterday, but I had some meetings at work that I could not skip. So today was the day I took off work and we celebrated.
We actually started at the dog park (me, Annie, and Tilly), where the brisk wind didn't prevent the egrets, owls, geese, ducks, squirrels and blackbirds from entertaining us. We returned home and Tilly fell asleep right as we were getting on to 280 off of 94.
So once she finally woke up, the whole family started the day at Cupcake. We had some really tasty soup, sandwiches, coffee and cupcakes. It was Tilly's second Cup of Mud cupcake in 16 hours. It took the sugar about 10 minutes to kick in.
We went to the Children's Museum from Cupcake...Tilly seemed disappointed that she couldn't get her face painted like a kitty cat, but she survived. We played with the bubbles, the legos, and whatever else Tilly was interested in.
From there we made our way to Shoreview/Mounds View to the Eagle's Nest, a big indoor playground. Again, as we were about to arrive, Tilly fell asleep so Emma and I drove around for about 45 minutes til she woke up.
From there (after Tilly played in the ball pits, climbed in the tubes, slid down slides, etc) we ended the day at Chuck E Cheese's in Blaine. Tilly seemed to have a simultaneous fear and fascination with the big mouse.
We then came home. It was a good, long day.
Happy Birthday darling girl. I love you.
We went out to my cousin Beth's farm last week. Tilly got to meet the pig that we'll have in our freezer next fall. She also let a calf eat out of her hand. I was so proud of her for that. We saw Beth, Craig, Erin, Mark, Crystal and Dusty (as well as Mac the dog, tons of cats, and said pigs and cows). It is always so nice, so refreshing to get out to their farm. I have incredibly warm memories of staying of their as a kid. I hope Tilly gets a chance to experience something like that someday so she never forgets where our milk, beef, pork, etc., come from. It's hard being a farmboy dad raising a daughter in the city. I am doing my best.
