When Emmett goes to the mall with mom he gets excited about the merry-go-round, so for his birthday we thought it would be fun to take him to the St. Louis Carousel at Faust Park (much cheaper and a nicer set of horses). When we got there we had to wait for a wedding party to finish taking pictures and then it was our turn to ride. We picked out a "deer" looking horse and put Emmett on for his ride. After the ride started he didn't seem as excited, it went pretty fast, he squirmed off his horse into Chris' arms.
Of course, being a little guy Emmett thought the best part of birthday presents was the paper. He opened Aunt Kim's squishy pillow first, it was in a big pretty bag with tissue paper sticking out--easiest to open. Finally, we got all the presents opened and then the noise began. Why is it that everyone loves to give noisy toys, but not receive them?
Cake was an experience. Since the legos required so much die, we stripped Emmett's clothes off to save them from a fate no amount of oxiclean could revive. He did seem to enjoy it.