Birthday Madness

It's a little wacky to think how much babies change in 24 short months. Our sweet little man officially turned 2 last Sunday. It's been a wacky ride!

He has learned so much!!! It seemed like it took him FOREVER to walk and now he's got a mind of his own and we can't keep him out of things. Who's idea was it to name him "Loki, " anyway?!

I can't be entirely sure that the poor kid really understands "birthdays". He was sort of born amongst a slew of familial birthdays and right around the same time a few of our friends had children. So, I think that he thinks it's a SEASON. But how awesome is that? That instead of just one day, he gets a couple of WEEKS!.

Needless to say he's been LOVING singing, "Happy Birthday" to anyone and EVERYONE. Yesterday, he was singing it to the cows we passed in the car.

Because we've had so much going on and because we don't really think TWO is quite big enough for his own party, we just had a small dinner at our house. It was actually a pretty big celebration. Not only was it Loki's second birthday but it was also Easter and my Mom's birthday.

Even though it was just family, we did put in a little effort. Loki's ONLY birthday request was to have a Train cake. In fact, he talked about having a Train cake for weeks. I have NO idea where he got the idea. But I figured I needed to get it for him, so I found a nifty Wilton Cake pan and made him a Train cake.

It turned out pretty well (as evidenced by the included photos). I baked the cake the night before, and when he woke up on his birthday, I showed him the unfrosted cake. He took one look at it and said, "I need a spoon."

And when the time finally came for him to blow out the candles (he'd been practicing all week), he was SO excited that we had to re-light them 3 times because he wanted to do it again!

It really was a great weekend but you can tell that we were all a little partied out. Elora didn't even make it to Easter dinner. The picture to the right was literally taken moments before we sat down to eat. I had ONLY just put the bib on her (and she was awake at the time). By the time the below family photo was taken, we had been to 5 birthday parties over the previous 4 day! WOW! We really are PARTY animals!!! And for a nominal fee (including birthday cake) we can liven up your next celebration!!! Just give us a call.