Speaking of the little guy's birthday...

It was quite the birthday weekend at church. When we sang Happy Birthday before our first-Sunday-of-the-month lunch, we sang it to four people (two of whom were my FIL and Patrick). Sometimes it feels like we sing Happy Birthday every Sunday. We're pretty darn good at it, I must say (especially since we're all used to singing four parts a capella).

Tonight we had my in-laws over for Patrick's birthday. I gave my FIL a sudoku (you mean spellcheckers don't recognize that word?? Get with the times!) book for his birthday - he was a very happy camper - and then, of course, Patrick got his gifties, almost all of which were train-related - track expansion for his Thomas & Friends wooden railway set (which we got him on Saturday with a gift card from my folks), a different Thomas engine that is Geo-Trax style (though not that brand), and actually works with the track from a little pull-back-and-release one I got him a year and a half ago or so. We had no idea it worked with that track, but it's a nice surprise, since my MIL thought it worked with the wooden one (it doesn't, though it very nearly fits) - so he still gets to enjoy it just the same, and an electronic toy drum pad (which Calla loved too!).

It was a noisy-theme birthday. :D

Even his cake had a little wind-up Thomas train that ran in a little slot-track plastic piece that sat on it. I did mention that he LOVES Thomas, didn't I? If not, you get the idea now. At least with the train sets, they can expand as he gets older. It would be nice if we had the space for him to do model railroads. Well, maybe not, actually - with the tendency of the hubby's family line toward obsessiveness, I don't know that I want to consider how much we could end up spending on something that can get as big as model railroads. But still, I could really see Patrick and my FIL having fun putting together layouts. Especially since they could include in the layout the old cars that they both also love so much.

I'll post pictures as soon as I get them!