Birthday Card

Ok, this post is about a month & a half late but the pictures were too cute not to share.  I decided to take a Friday off to have a long weekend & came up with the idea of making Michael a card for his birthday, which was a few days later.  A quick trip to Target & we were ready.

I couldn't find finger paint but at least this was washable paint.

I also got some washable markers, which I think Alex liked more than the paint!

 He wanted to hold all the markers at once.

"Hmm...  What should I draw next?"

I asked him what was on his hand.  He wasn't quite sure.

 Our little artist.

 He also had a lot of fun putting the caps back on the markers.

The finished product (sorry for the poor picture quality - I took this on my phone after the fact since I was too busy cleaning up the little guy & hiding the card after craft time was over.)

I let the card dry & hid it in Alex's closet (we were living at the apartment & his room had a huge closet).  I knew Michael wouldn't see it among all the other stuff we were storing in there.  The next morning, Michael got up with Alex.  Michael got Alex dressed & forgot to close the closet door all the way.  Michael was in the other room & Alex came out holding the card (the right way even) very triumphantly.  While we made the card, I kept telling Alex it was for Daddy's birthday.  I guess he didn't want to wait to give it to him - ha.  Michael thought it was so cute but I missed the whole thing.  Oh well, I still love the story!

Another cute story with Michael's birthday...  I told Alex that Daddy's birthday was in a few days & asked him if he wanted to give him a birthday cake.  Alex was very interested when I mentioned cake, which I thought was a little odd since he's only had cake a few times & none recently.  I also said we were going to give Daddy presents.  Alex walked into the other room & came out carrying a book.  I thought he was wanting to give his daddy a book for a birthday present.  Then Alex flipped over the book & it was "Where is Baby's Birthday Cake?"  He loves the "Where is Baby's..." series.  I couldn't believe he made the connection between the book & me mentioning a birthday cake for Daddy.

It's so fun watching your child learn & surprise you with something you didn't realize they knew!

Anyway happy late birthday, Michael/Daddy!