How cute is this cake?! I was so excited when I picked it up! Can you believe it is from the Kroger by my house? When I was talking to the lady in the bakery, I told her I wanted some kind of safari animal for his cake, and she told me she did a great elephant...she was right!
My mom and Grandma
Mama and Grandma were Nathan's first guests to arrive.
Grandma, Mom, and Helen (Wayne's mom)
Nathan's two favorite women (other than Mommy) Mama and Grandmother. These are the two that spoil him rotten :)
Auntie Carrie is pretty good at spoiling Nathan too!
Once Nathan's friends started to arrive, he got so excited and couldn't wait to play so we headed outside to cool off in the water.
Jack, Nathan, Lauren, and Kelly
Willow and Nathan
It was REALLY hot! The kids didn't notice because they had the water to play in. The grandmothers were troopers!
Angela, Jennifer (Jack's mommy), April and Heath
After playing in the water, the kids finally worked up an appetite and were ready for snacks.
Nathan was the first to take a snack break, but once the other kids saw Teddy Grahams, they quickly joined him :)
"Daddy, look, I have girlfriends!"
This is the closest I got to getting all of the kids together but we're still missing a few. Andrew was getting his swimsuit on, Reece was running around, and Heath had to leave early.
After swimming for a while, Wayne cooked hamburgers and hot dogs that were so good! I was running around trying to help Wayne, playing with Nathan, getting drinks, etc... so I have no pictures from dinner, but I think everyone dug in :)
And after dinner, it was time to break open the lion pinata.
Nathan took the first swing and then all of the other kids took a turn. While they were hitting the lion and everyone was cheering them on, I started thinking, I hope the kids know this is just a game and not to go around hitting things or people with a bat...oh well!
After everyone took a turn whacking the lion, the daddies stepped in and helped tear it open.
I put gummy snacks inside, and I'm pretty sure Nathan ate 3 bags :)
Nathan even shared with Daddy.
Sorry Mr. Lion
"I'm sorry too, but are there any more gummy snacks in there?"
I also don't have any pictures of Nathan blowing out his candle, only a video. But I'm hoping Carrie took some. Everyone ate some cake, and then the group started to thin out. Jack and Reece stayed a little bit longer and decided to have a second go at the cake.
Nathan tried to re-create the moment by putting on his hat, but when the strap snapped against his neck, he threw it on the ground and wanted nothing more to do with it.
Nathan kept saying, "Lick cake." So after everyone had their piece, Jack and Nathan crawled up into this chair together and we pushed the cake in front of them and just watched. At first, all they did was gently stick their fingers in the icing and lick them.
And then Nathan went for the big bite!
He got a mouthful of icing and was in Heaven!
Jack wasn't about to let Nathan get all of the good bites. He dug in too!
"I think we might throw up Mommy."
So Daddy and Dan give into the temptation and shoved cake into their mouths too! I guess we had 4 two year olds left at the party!
Not only did we beat the lion, we mutilated the elephant too...
The party was so much fun! Nathan was in the best mood and has talked about it every day since. We are all so lucky to be surrounded by so many wonderful family members and friends. I love that Nathan had a great party, that all of his friends were there and had fun, that the weather was nice, and that we have such a wonderful little boy. Happy 2nd Birthday Nathan! We love you!
I'm thinking that Wayne and Chris might have gone a bit overboard on the adult beverages. What do you think? Here are a couple of pictures I took of the two of them listening (and dancing) to music after everyone left. Draw your own conclusions...
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