CELEBRATION

We have had such a wonderful birthday weekend celebrating with our big two year old! Friday we had a party at Blake's school with a luau theme. All the kiddos were super cute and we really enjoyed celebrating with Blake's class.



After his party Brad and I took Blake to do something we've been dreaming about since we found out we were going to be parents...ice skating for the first time! We didn't have high expectations, as we learn not to do with a two year old. Anything can happen. Tantrums, freak outs, you name it. But Blake LOVED it! Anytime Brad would stop to take a break he would say, "More! More!" And when it was time to get off the ice he started whining, "SKATE! SKATE! SKATE!" Brad and I will never forget this special day with Blake as skating is such a passion for us and we loved getting to share that with Blake, and seeing his love for skating emerge totally melted our hearts. Here are a few photos...


After skating we picked up Brady, enjoyed pizza as a family and opened presents. The next morning Brad and Blake took one of Blake's presents to the park to play with...a kite. Blake has been asking for a kite since he saw it in his Curious George book! They had a blast...well until Blake let go and the kite flew away!
After nap time we went to Blake's girlfriend Sophie's house. Sophie and Blake have been in the same class since they were 8 weeks old and are two peas in a pod. Sophie's birthday was Saturday and her mom and dad were nice enough to include us for her party. I can not tell you how sweet these two are together! I absolutely loved getting to see them interact and hope we have more play dates in our future. Here are some pictures from the party...

Birthday Girl!Sophie got Blake a present for his birthday too and here they are opening it...

Blake slaving away in the kitchen while Sophie was out shopping!
Hugging goodbye

Sunday we went to my parents house for brunch to celebrate Mother's Day which was so nice and then after Blake's nap we celebrated his birthday yet again with my parents, Brad's dad and my grandmother. We enjoyed yummy cake, from our favorite Stein's, and opened MORE presents!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY BIG HANDSOME TWO YEAR OLD BOY! We had such a fun weekend and now I am EXHAUSTED!