Happy Birthday Carl!

For Carl's Birthday this year he wanted to two very specific things. He wanted to go mini golfing and have Papa Murphy's pizza (whatever kind he wanted) while watching the movie of his choice.

So yesterday we had it all planned out. We were going to go to the aquarium first, then eat lunch and then mini golf. We got in the car at Tyler's nap time so that he would sleep on the way to the Mall of America. And we just figured we would stop somewhere to eat in the car so that he'd get to sleep longer. We wanted to have as much time as we could between his naps. It was going to be perfect timing.

Did you know that babies don't always follow the plan?  Shocker, I know. Tyler sat in the back seat roaring like a dinosaur, talking and giggling all the way there, wide awake. So we stopped at Pot Belly and ate in the car. Then we drove the rest of the way there. Still awake. Still roaring.  So we changed our plan. No aquarium. Stop at Caribou for something to drink and so Tyler could eat lunch. Then mini golf.

Thankfully, Tyler is pretty awesome. We were a little worried that it was going to be a disaster of a day, but you never would have known he hadn't napped. He had fun, we had fun, and it was still a great day. When we left I think he fell asleep in his car seat before I had my seat belt on. And when we got home he kept sleeping for two hours with Carl on the couch. That was probably his favorite Birthday present.