We revisited the Aquarium and Botanic Gardens just before Oliver's Birthday. We got to eat lunch next to the shark tank and the sea turtle put on quite a show for us. Oliver picked himself out a shirt from the gift shop which says "There's a commotion in the ocean." He loves the fact that it has two giant squids on it. We had a Star Wars theme for his birthday this year. We bought gourmet cupcakes for the occasion from a local bakery called Cake Fetish. He also got a 3-headed dragon puppet from Natalie and the book Flotsam by David Weisner (which also has squid in it). But his favorite would have to be the light sabre or "life saver" as he sometimes calls it. He and Daddy have taken their light sabres into the arroyo to have "dance fight" time. If we had to pick a sport for Oliver at this point, I'd say he is headed for fencing in the 2020 Olympics. After opening gifts he chose to go putt-putt golfing for his special day. The next day was Easter. We had lots of big neat plans, but all of them got thrown aside as CD's cold/allergies got worse and both kids were struggling with congestion. We did an indoor egg hunt in the apartment and colored some real eggs as you can see in the pictures.
