This morning Joshua wanted to draw. He drew on paper, then on the chair, then on himself. Happily, we used ultra washable markers and everything cleaned up easily.
We decorated Isaac's cake. Well, I frosted, Isaac sprinkled. We're collecting quite a collection of sprinkles, since it seems we get a new bottle every birthday along with some at Christmas.
Joshua worked on his "circuit" for about a half hour. He needed help getting the pieces on the board, but did a lot of the other connections and all of the designing.
We also got the birthday balloons today, which were a hit as normal. However, at dinner Ben mentioned that Helium is actually a non-renewable resource and that at current usage we have a surprisingly small amount left. (Some estimates put it around 15 years. It was shorter, but they just found a large deposit. Hence why he knew this.) I thought it was renewable/easily made...I'm not sure if we'll get any more helium balloons. Party balloons make up 5-7% of the current usage, but it was unclear if the balloon helium is left over from the purification process for important applications or if some of it is used directly for balloons. I know it's a small statement in a large economy, and might not even matter, but we can find other fun ways to decorate.
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