Happy To Too!
No, that's not a typo. That's how my now officially 'two' year old sings happy birthday ending with him puffing out his cheeks and blowing out imaginary candles.
Austen celebrated his 2nd birthday yesterday with a fire truck themed party for family and mini-sized food and drink. He had a blast with his cousins and enjoyed opening all his gifts (which he's going to think he gets every month now since we just had Xmas too!). He's pretty good at it though. I need to be pretty good at finding places for all his new stuff in our condo. I swear as kids get bigger so do their toys! Some highlights from yesterday:
- Austen made us sing happy birthday to him twice. After we sang to him the first time he put his hands together to sign to us that he wanted 'more.' Of course he said more too but signing more is part of what he does now too. Anyway, how could we resist especially since I accidentally only put one fire hydrant candle in his cupcake instead of two! So it worked out perfectly. When we were done singing the second time, Austen was satisfied, clapped his hands and blew out his final candle proclaiming him two years old.
- Austen had a big helium filled fire truck balloon. The string somehow came off the balloon when Austen was playing with it and the balloon floated up to to our 12-foot ceilings. The guys at the party tried to help him retrieve it by taking turns holding Austen by the seat of his pants and lifting him up toward the ceiling, telling him to grab the balloon. Of course some of the guys weren't tall enough and Austen couldn't get a handle on the balloon but it made for some good entertainment. See picture below.
- Who knew Austen would be so mesmerized by a pair of sunglasses. After unwrapping his new sunglasses he tried to put them on his face, upside down, right side up - it didn't matter. He wasn't letting anyone help him with them and he wasn't parting with them either.
- Other highlights include Austen (with his cousin, Ryan) riding his new Plasma car. Anything that he can ride on, he loves and does not give up. Austen also had fun dragging unsuspecting adults to his room to play with him and his trains. They were all good sports though - after all, how can you resist when a two year old singles you out to be their playmate. Kind of makes you feel special.
Austen celebrated his 2nd birthday yesterday with a fire truck themed party for family and mini-sized food and drink. He had a blast with his cousins and enjoyed opening all his gifts (which he's going to think he gets every month now since we just had Xmas too!). He's pretty good at it though. I need to be pretty good at finding places for all his new stuff in our condo. I swear as kids get bigger so do their toys! Some highlights from yesterday:
- Austen made us sing happy birthday to him twice. After we sang to him the first time he put his hands together to sign to us that he wanted 'more.' Of course he said more too but signing more is part of what he does now too. Anyway, how could we resist especially since I accidentally only put one fire hydrant candle in his cupcake instead of two! So it worked out perfectly. When we were done singing the second time, Austen was satisfied, clapped his hands and blew out his final candle proclaiming him two years old.
- Austen had a big helium filled fire truck balloon. The string somehow came off the balloon when Austen was playing with it and the balloon floated up to to our 12-foot ceilings. The guys at the party tried to help him retrieve it by taking turns holding Austen by the seat of his pants and lifting him up toward the ceiling, telling him to grab the balloon. Of course some of the guys weren't tall enough and Austen couldn't get a handle on the balloon but it made for some good entertainment. See picture below.
- Who knew Austen would be so mesmerized by a pair of sunglasses. After unwrapping his new sunglasses he tried to put them on his face, upside down, right side up - it didn't matter. He wasn't letting anyone help him with them and he wasn't parting with them either.
- Other highlights include Austen (with his cousin, Ryan) riding his new Plasma car. Anything that he can ride on, he loves and does not give up. Austen also had fun dragging unsuspecting adults to his room to play with him and his trains. They were all good sports though - after all, how can you resist when a two year old singles you out to be their playmate. Kind of makes you feel special.
posted by Adler's Mom at
8:30 PM
1 Comments:
That picture captures the balloon retrieval moment perfectly.
Fun party. Thanks again.
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Perry, at 7:42 AM
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