Sweet Victory

Birthday Party= HUGE Success!

Can't believe we pulled it off without a hitch! See that happy little toddler with the army helmet and the Spongebob shirt (complete with his name on it, mind you, thanks to Aunt LaLa)? That's MY kid, at his birthday party, absolutely positively excited that all these presents and people are here for HIM. One day he'll appreciate my preparation, I just know it.

I know you're wondering, and YES the cake was also successful!

He'll also appreciate that... At least he better!

We had so much fun! Food was good, lots of good friends and family showed up, it did rain, but no damage done... Well except for the high quality crepe paper decorations from Oriental Trading I strung on my dad's brand new back porch sort of bled when they got wet and sort of dyed the new white porch railing with a little yellow... But I was assured it was easily fixed, so it's fine I suppose. Other than that, no difficulties whatsoever!

Carson got tons of new toys with tons of tiny pieces to get lost under every available couch and bed in our house, but that's OK too- that's what having little boys is about, and I've learned to rather enjoy the little surprises I find stashed all over the house. He wakes up in the morning now, and when I turn on the light to start getting him ready he gets this great expression on his face while looking at the "toy wall" and says "TOYS!". So cute!

Brooklyn was her usual pleasant self over the weekend and was fine with getting passed around from grandma to grandma to aunt to cousin and so forth. Such a good kid. Someone tell me what I did so right again? She was fine with letting her brother have the spotlight, so long as she had a bottle in her mouth.

So, all in all, a great time was had by all, and I feel like a huge weight has been lifted now that the cake is almost all gone. Ahhhh...