Big fun

The big guy is now officially two and he survived a weekend full of partying. We started Thursday with cupcakes at school and the arrival of BeeBe and PopPop. On Friday we welcomed Aunt Elizabeth, YaYa and cousins Evan and Kate. WOW, did that get the party going! We celebrated his actual birthday with pizza and cake out with the gang. Uncle Shay joined us that evening around bath time.

Saturday morning we joined the H.O.G.s at Cracker Barrel for yummy French toast, biscuits, eggs and bacon. Later that day brought B followed by the west TN crowd - Mimi, PawPaw, Uncle Kiley and Aunt Megan.

After an afternoon full of play and fun (including the family photo op) we headed to the real party. We headed over to The Little Gym where we joined a bunch of our buddies. It was a great party for Miles and for mommy too. They did everything! They even brought all all of Miles' favorite activities - including the air mat and the parachute.

After a whole lot of shaking, we adjourned for nuggets and cake. We stood back and sang while the candles flickered in front of him. He waited until the song was over then r-e-a-c-h-e-d those little fingers toward the flame. About 12 moms dove at him shrieking "NOOOOOOO!!!!!!" Crisis was averted, but he wasn't in the mood for cake anymore. Not that he needed it, he was revved up enough!


Finally we made it home to open presents. Miles had some willing helpers in his cousins Kate and Evan. they were just as excited about all his gifts! He got lots of cool trucks and books, a basketball goal and a sandbox, but so far the most played toy has been the assortment of Thomas the Train gear, specifically Lady . Even Uncle Kiley couldn't resist setting up some cool tracks and trying to wreck the trains.


All in all a hugely fun weekend for us. Thanks you so much to all our guests who traveled far to join us, and to those who survived the chaos of The Little Gym. The ear-to-ear grins were worth every yawn the next day!