2 years

Two years ago, at 10:41 pm, Cedric had his first photo taken.

Two years later, things look pretty much the same. 

Cedric turned two today and was not very happy about it. We've been reading Curious George and the Birthday Surprise for the past three months (courtesy of our friend Evelyn) but he still didn't get it. He understood that birthday means cake, of which he only likes the frosting.

Cake kept him calm -er. 

Cedric is taking after me in his eating - Picky and salt-loving. He barely ate any of his cake and only used a spoon to eat it. Some of us don't want to get that messy. 

Here is the "after" picture. Is he really a two year old? I've seen 30 year olds messier after cake!

We spent Cedric's birthday at home, since we spent the previous two weekends away in Kansas. He was able to do something he loves, watch some of Cars, Pooh Bear, Mickey Mouse Clubklouse, and George (watch-a-monkey). I'll soon be accepting a Parent-of-the-Year award. :)

Now we are posed with a bigger problem, what to do with all the toys?

We did go to Cedric's favorite "truck" Hyde park in the afternoon. That seemed to cheer him up. 

Last weekend we were in Kansas and were able to have a little party with both sets of grandparents and a few friends. 

Again Cedric wasn't too enthralled with the cake past the little bit of frosting he ate. And he didn't get very messy then either.

The messiest Cedric was was tonight for his special cheeseburger dinner (which he barely ate) when he went to town on the ketchup. Silly boy takes after his mommy, ketchup is the best!

** UPDATE **

Cedric's 2 year stats:

Length - 37 in - 99%

Weight - 28 lb 14 oz - 75%

Head - 51 1/2 in - 99%

Truck Day

This past year I've been a member of the Wellesley Mother's Forum (yes I know I don't live in Wellesley) and been able to participate in their wonderful events. The best on was Truck Day. Literally big trucks parked in a school parking lot. 

Should have been awesome for little Cedric, right? 

You'd think so, wouldn't you? We put him in or near most of the trucks and he just waved his hands and said "all done" the whole time. I thought we'd be there hours . . . he only lasted about 30 minutes. 

 I understand how it was overwhelming. The trucks were very large and a lot of kids were honking the horns and running around. 

We forced him to spend some time on the tractor, he loves tractors - in theory.

Cedric was better with the fire truck this time, though he still didn't want to sit in it. 

The definite highlight of the day was the small petting zoo they had on the side. He didn't actually pet anything. I like to think he understands you should respect their space. 

Cedric also enjoyed playing on the tire swing with his friend Vivie. They've known each other since they were about 5 months old and we see her about once a week. She was less worried about the trucks :). 

Two Visits from Rachel

Back in May I had the chance to spend time with Rachel twice! First she came with her son Keaton for some reason I can't remember. No matter, she was here and we had fun!

 Cedric doesn't spend much time with kids younger than him and I was a little worried how he would act. Luckily, Cedric and Keaton got along great. Cedric wasn't jealous of Keaton getting the majority of the attention and was very gentle with him. He even shared some toys. 

Rachel was in the height of her macaron baking and I was lucky enough to sample 6 flavors with yummy fillings. I don't eat a lot of macarons so they all tasted great to me!

Rachel's second visit was a few weeks later with her whole family as they headed on a farewell tour of New England and went to her sister-in-laws wedding. We met up at the Children's Museum of Boston, which was pretty dead so the boys got to run around a lot. 

Then went to the Barking Crab for dinner, where we had gone to dinner two years before when the Scotts had come up for a visit. It is very kid friendly. Cedric and Keaton continued working on their bromance. 

Cedric quickly forgot about Keats when the iPhone came out. Kids love those things. 

 It's always nice when friends come to town, we try to get the elusive family photo taken! And we like spending time with them too. 

Rachel is one of the original Bostonians that helped steer our path here to New England, though we never lived here at the same time.
Thanks for living in Boston Rachel, too bad you can't live here again!

nerds.