Owen Day

Since Logan was born, it's been very apparent that Owen sometimes feels like he got the short end of the stick, attention-wise.  Actually, he's usually very happy to play with Logan and share the attention, but there are moments when it's clear that he misses being an only child.  Jeremy and I totally get it; we miss when we didn't have to divide our attention between two kids.  So on Martin Luther King day, when daycare was open and neither of us had to work, we thought it would be fun to have an "Owen Day."

It was totally a surprise for Owen.  When he woke up, we asked him what he would want to do if he could do anything that day, and he said that he wanted to go to Fairyland.  (He'd been talking about it ever since we took him for the first time last summer.)  Then we told him he was going to have a day with us all to himself.  At first he was a little sad to not include Logan, but when we explained that he would get all the attention, he was literally bouncing up and down with excitement.

So here it is: "Owen Day," filled from start to finish with things that make our little guy happy...

At Fairyland we ate lunch on the stage (well, backstage I think).  I look at this picture and I can't believe how grown-up he is starting to appear.

Owen ran around in circles after he was finished eating.

And just when I think he's beginning to look grown up, I see a picture like this one where he looks as cute and scrappy as can be.

No parents allowed on the merry-go-round, but Owen was not afraid at all!  He rode three times in a row.  What a difference a year makes.

This was the highlight of Owen's trip to Fairyland.  Sliding down an astroturf hill on a scrap of cardboard.  Again and again and again and again and again and again...

We had to park our car really far away (because apparently everyone else in the Bay Area woke up and decided to go to Fairyland that day, too) and Owen liked this painted building near where we parked.  I actually didn't mind the long walk around Lake Merritt, because it was such a beautiful and unseasonably warm day.

How do you get a 3-year-old to leave Fairyland when he doesn't want to?  Bribe him with Yogurtland!  Nah, it wasn't a bribe, it was just another special part of Owen Day.

Next stop: the comic book shop with Daddy

Aaaaaaand now you can see that the long, busy, no-nap day had taken its toll as we left the comic book shop

Time for a little bit of rest at home on the couch...

...watching Owen's favorite-movie-of-the-moment, "Monsters University
."

Our last special stop of the day was dinner at Red Robin.  (This is Owen "racing cars" while we waited for our table.  When does he find out that it only works if you put money in the game?)

Owen and Jeremy coloring on the kids' menu while we wait for our food.  Then back home for bath, books, and bedtime.  Kind of a perfect day :)


P.S.  I left my camera at home (gasp!) this day so I could just live in the moment.  These are all iPhone pics.