Well Evan had a fun birthday. He woke up at a normal time (7am) and we mucked about in bed, reading stories and the like until nearly 8am, giving Nicole a bit more time to relax. Nicole had to get up to take care of Lauren at 5:30 and she stayed downstairs in her room.

Nicole and Evan cooked eggs and bacon (Evan loves cooking bacon!) and then we webcammed and opened Evan’s presents. He got some great stuff from Grandma, including a stuffed donkey from Shrek and some cool Bob the builder socks!

The big present for Evan was a bicycle with training wheels. He loved it! He picked it out himself and loves riding it.

Then we went to the zoo, where Evan was very good with interacting with the animals. He says his favourite animals were the giraffes, but I think he quite liked the lions and the hippos. We saw the feeding of the main hippo, and got some close-ups of his teeth! Wow!

On the way out, we had a popsicle and Evan went down the slide a couple of times. He was so tired on the way home, that he fell asleep in the car!

At home, we fired up the barbeque and Evan loved that! We cooked up some sausages, potatoes, chicken, onion and some garlic bread! Yum!

Quite a busy day today, and on the whole, Evan really enjoyed himself. He knows that on Monday he’s got a big birthday party, so he’s getting psyched for that!