It looks like Natalie will *finally* be coming home on the 19th of this month, which is so terribly exciting, but it's also Henry's birthday. So we decided to do all of the celebrations early to make sure that he got his birthday fun in!

We went to Benihana's for my birthday and Henry loved it so much that he wanted to go there for his birthday too!

The servers at Benihana are super great with kids. The soup they serve before the meal is pretty hot and they always bring out a bowl of ice to add to the soup to cool it down. And the boys both *love* the soup!

Henry wanted to be sure that the cook knew it was his birthday. He made sure to show off his "Birthday Boy" ribbon several times. :)

The boys favorite part is always the volcano and this time the guy made a volcano and a flower! I'm not sure who was more excited, the boys or the lady across the table. ;)

This kid makes a cute walrus, doesn't he??

Next on his list of birthday fun was the jump park. The boys love this place, so it was not at all surprising that he wanted to go there. Also, it is nearly impossible to get him to smile for a photo these days, he usually wants to do something weird instead (see above).

As always, they jumped and ran around all over the place. Then Matt and I had our fun throwing the boys into the foam block pits. It's going to be a sad day when I can't fling them in anymore. Which seems to be getting closer that it used to be...!

And last, but not least, we let Henry chose another dinner with just the four of us. Unsurprisingly, Henry picked Dairy Queen. He powered through his dinner and was ready for his ice cream cone. Apparently I failed at being a good parent and *didn't* get them dipped cones. Matt actually tried to send them back when the person brought them out and I was all embarrassed - "No, no, I ordered them that way..."

Matt may never forgive me for such a crime, but thankfully the boys didn't seem too upset with me. Happy Early Birthday, Henry - next time I'll get it dipped, I promise! :)