Party Boy

It's so hard to believe that our little man is now one year old!  We couldn't let the big milestone pass without celebrating in proper fashion. 

The theme for the day was trains.  I made a train banner with his monthly picture in each of the cars.  It's amazing to look back and realize how much he's grown and changed.

I opted to make him a cake in lieu of ordering.  After quite a fiasco, something resembling a train did result.  I am pretty sure I will be ordering cakes for big events in the future.

We hadn't invited a TON of people but enough to make our small house pretty cramped, so we setup tables in the garage.  Little did we know 2 things - 1) It would reach 90 degrees.  2) Jack would come down with pink eye the day of the party, decreasing the number of guests we'd actually accommodate.  It all ended up working out just fine, though. 

The birthday boy, pink eye and all.

Regardless of the heat, everybody seemed to enjoy the meal - hot dogs and brats, homemade potato salad, fruit, chips, and broccoli salad.

Loving that even our recycle bin fit with the decor.  I planned that.  Yeah.  Uh huh.

Turned out having the party outside worked out really well for a couple of busy little girls.  Hannah and Kara played in the sun while the adults supervised from the relatively cool-ish garage.

Jack was showered with lots of great gifts. 

Diggin' his cool new ride.  Of course, he was most thrilled with the tissue paper.

How do we possibly have a 3-year old and a 1-year old???  Time flies!

The big moment of digging into the cake.  Well, not exactly digging.  He was actually rather methodical about the whole thing, picking away little bits at a time.

I actually thought he might fall asleep in his chair, between all of the activity, nap time, and a very full tummy, but he hung in there.

Having his cake and eating it too. 

Happy birthday Mister.  We love you and look forward to celebrating lots more birthdays with you.