Daniel's birthday

Daniel is 4 -- we had cake and presents on his birthday and then today a party at the Science Center. He enjoyed his presents -- he's been asking for "Better Batter Baseball" which he only knows of thanks to the big marketing box (TV) but was thrilled to get it and really enjoyed playing with it -- as did Kyra. They also both loved their new legos and Daniel's new alien towel. His party today was a blast. Lots of friends came and it was an Astronomy (or "Space" as Daniel would say) theme. The "teacher" helped the kids make rockets out of film canisters and then we went outside and shot them off. The kids loved it. After that, they made "space ice cream" with liquid nitrogen -- it's interesting to keep a bunch of 4 year olds (not to mention their 2 year old siblings) sitting still as the guy pours the liquid nitrogen into the bucket... It really was a blast, though.