Usually, if we do a birthday party we throw a joint one for Big Buddy and Mini Man. Their birthdays are just two weeks apart and they have many mutual friends. This year, however, we decided to have separate celebrations. Big Buddy had a Nerf Party and Mini Man wanted a car party. I found it interesting that even though the boys have had several joint parties Mini Man kept referring to this as his First party. Big Buddy is natural leader and has a pretty intense presence; Mini Man tends to just go with the flow. It's only been in the last couple years we've noticed that we have to make an effort to make sure Mini Man's opinions are heard. Tracks and cars are Mini Man's favorite toys but because Big Buddy doesn't have much interest in them (and Mini Man prefers people, especially his older brother, over any toy) he doesn't play them too often. For his birthday we wanted to make sure all his track dreams came true. Jeremy spent the night before covering...