Sam struck the jackjpot this year. Not only was it his Golden Birthday; it also fell on a Saturday — a great day for parties! So it came to pass that Sam celebrated his second birthday on the second of June, a surprisingly mild day complete with superhero masks, capes, and Sam-friendly cupcakes.
Yes, I went for the Superhero theme this year. After all, both kids already had capes in the closet from last Halloween. Score! I made the cake (and the cupcakes) but I think I’m about to wear myself out on baking. Baking is tedious and I only get excited once the fondant comes out. Yes, the cake is supposed to be tilted, I swear!
Sam woke up from his nap ready to party, as long as it involved eating first. While the girls ate all the fruit, Sam chowed down on sweet potato chips galore while babbling the whole time.
We quickly moved on to the traditional singing of “Happy Birthday” once Sam caught sight of the cupcakes on the table. Thankfully, he didn’t get as messy as last year when we had to hose down the high chair. Over the past year, Sam has learned how to down a cupcake or two. Or seven.
After Sam finally seemed to fill up on food, we gathered around to open presents. He enthusiastically ripped into the first one, which turned out to be a drill and hammer set. Well, Sam was done. All he wanted was the drill set, and he was annoyed by Steven’s repeated attempts to distract him with another present. Drill, baby, drill.
The new pedal bike Steven and I got him was a distraction for about 15 seconds.
After presents, the adults sat around drinking Grapico — many epic burps were dealt — while the kids ran around on sugar highs. Lydia ran around so much she scraped the same knee twice. After the second time I made her put on a pair of jeans.
At one point the shade became very lovely in the back yard so I made Lydia pose in the grass, so here are some gratuitous Lydia pictures.
As the afternoon meandered on, the kids moved into the pool. The Game of the Day seemed to be Jump and Splash. I think Elizabeth invented this game.
Once Sam saw the girls jumping, he had to take a turn. Sam’s theme song is, “Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better.”
By the end of the afternoon, another successful birthday party drew to a close. All three kids were wet, tired, and full of sugar of all sorts. They were also very happy and still wanted to play still the stars came out. Where do these kids get all this crazy energy? It wasn’t in the Grapico. I should know — I drank three.
