Happy New Year!

We get to start each new year by celebrating the birth of our sweet Simon. He is such a joy in our lives and we love to give him a special day all about him. He loves spending New Year's Eve at Gigi and Boppa's and waking up to a special birthday breakfast. Gigi makes him one of those great initial-letter pancakes and this year he got an "S" and an "I." We picked him up and took him to lunch at Sonic and to play in the arcade at Family Fun Center with his BFF, Megan and fam. Did you know you can fit 10 people in a Vanagon for lunch? Unfortunately we forgot the camera, so there's no photographic evidence.

Next was home for Simon's bedroom surprise. We decorated his room with new curtains, bedding, bean bags, posters and other treasured kindergarten-boy decor. Great uncle Dave and Boppa put up a huge white erase board on one wall for his artistic moments. The true measure of his character came when he gave Ollie a toddler-sized Superman doll from his room and insisted on putting it next to his little brother while he was sleeping so he'd find it as soon as he woke from his nap.. For dinner it was back to Gigi and Boppa's for pizza, cake and more good times. Everyone deserves this much fun at least once a year, and no one had to have a hangover.