Today is our son's third birthday! Since Daddy is working late tonight and he was off yesterday, we decided to pre-celebrate the little one's birthday last night. We had a laid back dinner at home where Brandon feasted on two cupcakes by endlessly sticking birthday candles on them and blowing them over and over. Before bedtime, I asked hubby to give him one of his gifts, something that will not excite him "too" much. We gave him a set of 10 colored dice and oh my, oh my, when we handed the wrapped box, Brandon danced excitedly~. While opening it, he got so animated and did all sorts of waving, and screaming, and dancing. Seeing him like that made me think that my son is discovering the feeling of excitement and learning how to express it. He just did not know what to do! =). Call me corny but it was a heart-warming moment for me and hubby seeing him that happy for a simple box of dice. By bedtime, I gave him a container to put his dice into (together with his "cool car"; he actually said it is his cool car), covered it, and he hugged and held onto it until he fell asleep.

When was the last time you felt excited and deliriously happy? Hope it happens again soon for all of us. Let us rediscover the feeling!