A fun busy day

Today has been a really fun day (especially for William), so much so that I think I'll document it after not opening my blog for a few months. There were so many little details that I want to remember. 

After Ann's morning nap we decided we would walk down the street and check out the new Dunkin' Donuts that opened yesterday. William wanted a Captain America book from the library, so I figured we'd hit two birds with one stone. William rode his bike over, and thought it was pretty cool that a police officer was directing traffic in the parking lot. It was so busy that the line for the drive through went out into the street. I debated waiting until after we went to the library to go in but William was so excited for donuts that I figured I couldn't turn back. I didn't look at what time it was when we walked in, but  the line took forever. William didn't mind though. He loved looking at all the pictures of the donuts, playing in front of the fan, and sitting on every single chair we passed. Ann was very patient in the stroller, adding to the chaos with an occasional high-pitched scream that she has gotten so good at. They both loved getting balloons halfway through, too. 

 William chose a rainbow sprinkle donut, but when we got to the library, he decided he wanted one of the other's I chose. He loved the powdered sugar, and was even more excited when he discovered the chocolate cream inside. They messed up my order, so Annie got a chocolate frosted donut instead of the relatively non-messy glazed I had ordered for her. What do you do. We walked over to the library to eat our treats, and woman who works at the library walked over to us. I was worried she was going to come tell us we couldn't eat our donuts at the tables, but instead told us that balloons are not allowed in the library. If they float away, you'd never be able to get them down from the high ceilings. Understandable, but a little sad to tell William and Ann we had to throw their balloons away.
I don't think Ann took a single bite of her donut, but managed to get frosting everywhere. William was covered in powdered sugar. William said they were tasty, but I still think Banburry Cross is better!

 After our donuts we walked down to look at books. We scored by finding an Ironman book next to the Captain America book. Life doesn't get much better than that. At least not for a 3 year old. He carried his books into the ice cave where he made friends with a boy in a Buzz Lightyear shirt. I went and found his other request. A book with a picture of Darth Vader.  We left and walked to Danny's office to share our treats with him. William sat on the front of the stroller, holding his Ironman book, and leaning back on to Annie, making her giggle like crazy. So cute.
At Dad's office, William was so excited to share his treats with Dad. It's been a while since we'd been in, so most people in the office had never seen Annie walk around. It is pretty amazing how much they change in a few months time.
After naps we dropped Annie off to play with our neighbor Jane until Dad got off work, because William and I got to go to a movie to celebrate Auntie Char's birthday! We went with Grandma, Char, cousin Max, and Aunt Andrea. Annie does NOT like to be left with people, and was pretty upset about us leaving her. William, on the other hand, was bouncing off the walls with excitement.

He was on the edge of his seat most of the time (when he wasn't leaning back with one leg crossed over his other knee like he always does). When the movie started, the played a little commercial for the sound system. He kept saying, "wow!" and "cool!!" over and over. He would take the drink, put the straw to his mouth and just sit there, so into the movie that he'd forget to drink. Every once in a while he would go to ask me something, and forget he needed to be quiet, but quickly caught himself. And best of all, during the final round of the scare off, he was just so dang excited that he leaped from his seat, and jumped up and down cheering. It was so great. Nothing better than to go to a movie with an excited 3 year old!

 After the movie we walked past a big advertisement for the Pixar movie Planes that comes out later this summer. There was a big pitter that he just couldn't get enough of. The rest of the night William talked about getting away from the lady at the library, and scaring all the grown ups. So funny that those are the two parts that he remembers most. I was nervous he'd be afraid, but pushed my hand away when I put it on his back to see how he was doing. William is at such a curious and adventurous stage of life. It was so fun to see him in the theater setting.
Ann of course forgave me for leaving her, and ran to me when we went to meet them on their walk outside. She's such a sweet heart. Poor girl is teething, so she has been drooling like crazy. But she's so happy, and so silly. And she can scream with the best of them. I just tell myself that at least they are happy screams.