Apparently turning two makes you hungry. We ordered and every two seconds J asked anyone who walked by about his mac & cheese. When it finally came, he polished off the entire bowl, his oranges and his full glass of milk. They brought him another bowl of mac & cheese, which he ate half of before finally giving up.
While we waited for his ice cream sundae, the Red Robin bird was walking around and J surprised us by loving him. We were worried he'd start screaming, but no --- he gave him a high five and said hi, before yelling "bye, bye birdie!" when he walked way.
Jackson's birthday celebration continued this weekend with a family filled party at our place. When J went down for his nap on Saturday, we quickly got to work prepping for the bash. My mom and I decorated with streamers and balloons, while the guys put together all of J's new big boy toys (magnetic white board/chalk board, bike with a handle for us to "help", and a slide). Corey's parents, Scott and Consuelo showed up to greet the birthday boy when he woke up.
He was excited, and a little nervous, at first to see so many faces and decorations when he first woke up, but quickly began playing with the balloons (one of which plays a song when you hit it) and opening his other presents. He got all kinds of new clothes and a ton of great books. J was so excited about his books - he wanted to read every book before moving onto the next present. Corey and I are looking forward to some new books in the rotation.
J was so excited about his Elmo cake and the huge smile on his face as we sang was priceless. He dug in (he definitely likes cake much more than his 1st birthday) and when he first piece was nearly gone, he looked up with a very serious face and said "I want some more" (his first time saying that phrase). Of course, we couldn't say no to that!
He had a great time running through the streamers we'd put in one of our door ways, after he figured out that he didn't need to crawl below them to get through. But after a few minutes of that, decided that it was time to pull them down and put them in the garbage. He pulled every last one down, crumpled them into a ball and put threw them away. Always such a great helper.
All in all, I'd say he had a wonderful, memorable birthday and was a very spoiled big boy.
Who are all these people looking at me?!
Loving the new slide - each time he came down, he loved to clap for himself.
Yep, same face...different day.
Loved drinking out of a "big boy cup"
Reading time with grandpa
Only J and I got the memo on which camera to look at for this shot...
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