Here we sit with all the celebrations over, and our Little Man is now TWO! I think we did his second birthday proud. On his actual birthday we had a small celebration dinner at his favorite restaurant then about a week and a half later a huge birthday bash.
On Little Man’s birthday we headed for his birthday dinner at his favorite restaurant, Tyler’s Tender. We can hardly contain him as we pull into the parking lot and he notices where we are; all his focus is on getting inside, then he runs around not sure where to go first. We had a nice dinner and Little Man tore into his gifts. He loved all his gifts but I think his favorite was his toolbox with a hammer and some play nails to pound. The next hard part was convincing Little Man to leave Tyler’s Tender.
We spent every spare minute in the next day’s planning and getting ready for Little Man’s party. Additions to his play set, a sand box, cleaning up the yard and house, and that was only the start. Then a phone call from Auntie Jea Jea who was passing through Rensselaer, IN and thought she saw a train sandbox but it was actually a train bed. Of course we wanted it and Little Man loved it.
The day of the party Little Man seemed a bit overwhelmed as guest after guest started to show up. The grill fired up and hot dogs and hamburgers began to fly off the grill and from time to time I was able to catch a glimpse of Little Man enjoying his day. I finally was able to take a break from the grill and grab a quick bite, when some guests started saying their goodbyes. OH NO! You’re not going anywhere until we hit the piñata and sing Happy Birthday! We got the piñata festivities started, I wasn’t too sure how Little Man would take to hitting a Lightning McQueen piñata but he got right into beating his cartoon hero with a baseball bat. Each kid got a turn until it fell to the ground one last time and we let them beat open the piñata on the ground. Next was the cake, a huge monster of a cake with Thomas the train on top. At some point Little Man had stuffed a piece of candy into his mouth and when he went to blow out the candles, drool came out of his mouth and right down onto the cake. Everyone had a great laugh. Little Man finished blowing out the candles then reached for Thomas who he tried to push on the tracks made of icing.
Hard to believe it has been two years since our race down to Florida but what a great two years. Funny, how we can’t seem to imagine our lives now without him. Happy Birthday Little Man. We love you so much!
