Wow...I can't believe my little boy has turned two! Where did the wee hours of the morning on Friday, February 6, 2009 go? As I looked into my newborn son's eyes all I could see was the now.
Now I was finally a mother.
Now I had the most beautiful loving baby boy to care for.
Two years later I now wonder where the time has gone!
This past weekend we celebrated the blessing of the past two years of our lives. The blessing of our boy....
Love Bug
Here's the invitation I sent out. The theme was "construction."
The Cake as designed and built by daddy.
Some of the guests....
The chef's hard at work....
(do you notice my flags hanging in the background?)
The food table.
The Tonka truck is filled with chocolate cake balls to simulate rocks. I purchased tool cookie cutters and made a whole bunch of sugar cookies frosted with royal icing. I tried to cut down on all of the typical party waste by using as many real plates and silverware as I could. We also saved money by using many real life construction themed items as decorations.
Singing to the birthday boy.
Of course he was totally confused as to why we were all singing to him AND not dancing at the same time.
Aunt Kissy and Bug
This turned out to be the best picture I took of him.
We had asked guests not to bring any gifts for Bug this year. We were still feeling the toy gluttony from Christmas. Mommy and Daddy of course still purchased something for him...
We managed to buy this kitchen off of craigslist before Christmas. It didn't come with any of the accessories, which was fine, because I was able to pick and choose what I wanted for him to play with and along with some help from Aunt Kissy we were able to properly stock the kitchen ourselves. I sure hope I get my own pastry chef out of this some day.
Here are the pooped hostesses after the party.
Like my flags?
Once everyone had left and the messes cleaned up Daddy and Bug were able to enjoy some good one on one tool bonding time. Daddy had purchased several toy tools for Bug for his birthday.
A man and his boy can never have too many toys tools.
And what did mommy do?
I put my feet up and relaxed.
To conclude....
When we asked guests not to bring any gifts for Bug we asked them to instead bring an unwrapped toy we could donate to a charity in Bug's name and that is what we did today. Bug, Grammy and I loaded up the toys (disguised of course to prevent any meltdowns) and headed to Casas De Los Ninos.
Grammy was pretty sly and handed over the toys before Bug even had a chance to notice. What we didn't see coming was the meltdown Bug would have over leaving the stuffed purple unicorn he found in the lobby.
Oh well, I guess no matter how hard we try we can't prevent all meltdowns.
Thank you to everyone who came and celebrated this wonderful day with us!
Lots of love~SL
