Thomas turned five years old on Saturday, August 12th. We drove down to Salt Lake City in the late morning and met Grammuh and Grampuh at the Gateway. Our first stop there was the Samba Grill, where we enjoyed a delicious Brazilian lunch, complete with "Happy Birthday" in Portugese!
Next, we went to the Clark Planetarium where Thomas, Chris, Grammuh and Grampuh enjoyed an IMAX movie about the Amazon, while Gordon and I toured the moon and Mars. Thomas loves the Planetaruim, especially the huge globe, the gravitational penny drop, and, everyone's favorite (except mine-- ew!) Astronaut Ice Cream.
The Olympic Fountain at the Gateway is always a big hit with the boys. Today was no different. Thomas weaved in and out of the spraying fountain, careful to get only a little wet. Gordon, on the other hand, was completely enamoured with the water spouts and would just stand on one until it sprayed him in the face. By the time we left, he was completely drenched-- and couldn't be more pleased about it!
As if the earlier events weren't enough, we had a birthday party-- complete with ice cream cake from Baskin Robbins-- at Grammuh and Grampuh's house that evening. Thomas blew out all five candles on his "Thomas the Tank Engine"-themed cake and was so excited to open his great presents. He got several additions to his Thomas the Tank Engine set-- including the Roundhouse, Hospital, blocks to build tunnels and brides, and some more trains. We also got him a really cool backpack to use when he goes to (gulp!) kindergarten at the end of the month.
I don't think any five-year-old could wish for a better birthday! Happy Birthday Tom!
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