Due to PJ and I being
a bit sick on his actual birthday, we rescheduled his party. It finally took place and thankfully a handful of kids could come and the entire experience was what a kid's birthday party should be: relaxed, loud, and fun.
We started with the second cake I've ever made from scratch. This time I also made the icing from scratch. Talk about make-your-teeth-ache-sweet!
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| The whole Steinbach clan blowing out the candles. |
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| PJ wasn't that impressed with the candles. |
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| He took them out as soon as possible to get to the cake. |
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| PJ with his cake, ready to chow down. |
After the cake - and props to the Germans that managed to eat a full (small) piece of that American sweetness - more friends arrived and one of them brought
water balloons! PJ only needed to be shown once what to do with them and then he was OFF.
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| PJ aiming for his daddy. |
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| Zoom in and check out PJ's face: this was serious business. |
Sadly, but as can be expected with three men and four boys, the balloons were gone far too quickly. But PJ learned a lesson for life....that he keeps trying to repeat.
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| I have no idea why this is funny but the Mr. wanted a picture. |
After the balloon fight, the boys took off. I'm telling you: the more kids, the less work. They took off, climbing on things, jumping off of said things, chasing each other, and only coming around the adults for food and drink.
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| Boys climbing. |
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| Boys jumping (in the background). |
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This is why older friends are important:
they teach you things. |
Far too quickly the sun began to sink and little boys started to yawn and get a little tired-grumpy. But it was a lovely afternoon full of noise and people who like and enjoy. Win-win-win.
xo
1 comment:
It's so funny, Emily was completely opposite at her second birthday. She didn't care much for the cake, but we had to re-light the candles a dozen times for her to keep blowing out. To this day she won't let me keep a candle lit anyplace. She insists on blowing it out.
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