Sunday, October 19, 2008

"CARS"!!!!

Sam is two. We had a "Cars", or as he says "Trucks" themed party for him yesterday. I made his cake the night before. As I was taking it out of the fridge and putting on the table in the morning I almost dropped it and scattered some "dirt" onto the "grass". Oh well, at least I didn't drop it. From the time I put the cake on the table until his party, Sam kept sneaking into the dining room to take Lightning McQueen and Chick Hicks off the cake.

We played a few games, of which I didn't get any pictures, fishing with Mater for cars, custom paint jobs with Ramone (they got to color pictures of Lightning McQueen) and driving with Doc (they all took turns driving a power wheel around the yard). I think the power wheel was the big hit of the party. We also did a Lightning McQeen pinata.

Singing Happy Birthday to Sam and Shelby.

Sam blowing out his candles. He did a pretty good job of not spitting on the cake.

As soon as he blew the candles out the cars were his.

Let's have some cake.


Sam enjoying his cake for a second. He only took a bite or two before he was ready to move on and play with his new cars.

All the kids enjoying cake and ice cream.

Opening presents. Sam would not let go of his two new cars from the cake to open his presents. He held onto them the entire time. He really enjoyed watching the other kids "helping" him open his presents and was so excited about each and every new present.

His new dump truck from Papa Mel and Grandma Paula. He fits inside. *Note: he's still holding on to 2 cars.

Down to the last presents and still he's clutching his 2 cars. He has since let go of those cars and really does love all the presents that he got. He lines up all his cars several times a day and puts them in his dump truck, he also likes to drive his cars on his "Cars" rug. He loves all the books, we've read stories from all of the them. He was also super excited to discover that his new markers make animal noises.

He had a super exciting day and had fun playing with all the kids.

Monday, October 13, 2008

The big 2 9!


Happy Birthday Jared! We love you!
We celebrated Jared's birthday yesterday with a barbeque and cake. We had a great time celebrating with friends. We feel so blessed to be surrounded by so many wonderful people that have really helped us in our short time here (although we still miss CA and home and love all you guys).
I think because Jared's birthday is in October I associate his birthday with Halloween so I made him a Halloween themed cake and I have to say I'm pretty proud of myself. I don't consider myself crafty or creative but I think I did okay on his cake.
The witch is made from fondant icing. I found a recipe online that only called for marshmallows, powdered sugar and water so it was super easy to make.
I think a post wouldn't be a post with out a picture of Sam. He turns 2 on Saturday so I'll have pics of birthday next week. Can you believe it?