Burl's Birthday

Today is Burl’s birthday!!! This time last year and Burl's birth story.

It’s also an official day of observance in Taiwan called “er er ba” (228). We all had the day off and got to spend it celebrating little B’s 1st Bday.

Ivo and Burl played at Carre4’s play space for 2 hours! They both had a wonderful time!

We ate lunch at the Ponderosa – the buffet was a pretty reasonable choice for everyone cuz all manner of starches are represented. The food was... not... awesome. Burl slept during lunch so we brought him a waffle and a couple French fries to go.

We did a little grocery shopping afterwards and Ivo fell asleep.

Then we ran errands and returned home at around 4:30.

Mary and Hei Ji came over with presents for Burl!!! Nice visit. Cool pants and shirt and all kinds of vehicles and a big maraca – which is Burl’s favorite!

Then we made some dinner – leftover rice with peas, chicken and cheese. And we made Burl’s cake.

Whew!

Burl loved when we sang him Happy Birthday - he grinned and grinned. We gave him one present - a fisher price dinosaur set -which he seems to like. Ivo loves it and has decided that the big dino is "Donald" (?) and the small one is Donald's "son." And, guess what? Donald is Ivo's friend, so that works out great.

What a wonderful day! What a wonderful birthday boy! What a wonderful big brother! Up until today, when we spoke of Burl's upcoming bday, Ivo would say "It gonna be my birthday too!" Ivo didn't get to openany presents but he got a MR INCREDIBLE longsleeved t-shirt this morning. He was really patient and happy and cooperative. He still is being so sweet. We're watching Winnie the Pooh, which he loves. Burl's sleeping.