Since most of my family was in town for the wedding we decided to have the party at our (small) house. We ended up with about 20 adult guests and 4 kids (a little heavy on adults, huh?). Thankfully, the beautiful wedding weather continued through Sunday, and we could all spill outdoors for the party. October can be a funny month....
Anyway, I had really wanted to have a sun and moon themed party, since Colin really, REALLY likes the moon right now. And Gillian is pretty fond of the Mr. Sun song. I asked Miss Amy, our awesome babysitter, to make their cakes (she frequently makes cakes for her numerous nieces and nephews) and she did such a great job!
Totally adorble, right??? Sadly, that was the extent of my "theme." I really kinda fell down on the party planning stuff this year. But, I did pick up some Thomas the Tank Engine and Elmo balloons. The kids were totally satisfied, so I won't feel too badly!
After some outdoor play and lunch, Gillian decided she needed to open presents! She really enjoyed herself this year! Colin was content to play with the first thing he opened, but Bean helped him out by opening some of his stuff too!
Bean especially liked this vacuum that she got from Dickiedoo and Noonie! It supposedly really picks up dirt. Man, I could use the help....
Colin did open a few!
And while Colin tried out the vacuum, Gillian enthusiastically opened another present!
Another big hit with the kiddos were the Rosie and Percy trains from my cousin Becky and her kiddos, Sarah and Ben!
Once Percy was open, Colin and Uncle Willis were done opening any more.....
Gillian did convince Colin to come back and open his shiny new Wellies from GraGra and Papa Greg!
After opening WAY too many presents, we sang to our Moon and Sun!
And ate some cake! Well, Gillian did, Colin doesn't eat cake.
Things wrapped up pretty quickly after that. Lots of people with long drives, and two very, very tired 2 year olds make for a short party! After nap, Michael and I got out our presents to Colin and Gillian. I thought they had enough to open at the party and I wanted a quiet moment to open our gifts.
Gillian was still wearing her sleepsack and bed head, actually!
Colin got a BIG digger from Mommy and Daddy!
(He also had a Percy train wrapped up for him, but since he had just gotten one, I exchanged it today for a Thomas. Lucky boy!)
Gillian first opened her GRUMPY DOLL that Daddy had picked out especially for her on etsy:
(Creatively, the kids have named this doll Grumpy, but they pronounce it Gumpy. She spends a lot of time driving Colin's new digger. Cracks me up)
Gillian also got this really cool Melissa and Doug food that you can cut. She loves it.
See: CUTTING! (Also a good shot of Grumpy's face!)
So, an exciting and exhausting weekend. We were all very ready for bed that night. And the kids were down for nap at 11:55 the next day, and I didn't hear a peep until I woke them at 3:15! It's rough being two! But, we are really looking forward to Colin and Gillian's third year and seeing just exactly what they will be up to next.
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4 comments:
It's hard to believe your beautiful babies are TWO! I've loved watching them grow up. Thank you for sharing.
Looks like they had a great birthday! Love the cakes!
WOW!!! I can't believe they're TWO!!!! It looks like they had a great party! The cakes were adorable!!
Looks like FUN! And lots of great presents:)...they are so sweet...Lori
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