Birthday Party

What a morning. Collin celebrated his 2 year birthday party with a bunch of his friends and there parents. We started the morning at a local splash pad and playground. Alex, Ellie, Saige, Ethan, Dane and Finn joined us there. The kids liked playing with the water guns more than running through the water. Saige was more interested in running through the grass and eventually discovered the playground. The girls made "pie" with the playground coverings while the guys chased each other with the water guns. We had a bubbles machine which was a favorite too.





Then we were off to the bike shop for story and creative time, snacks and birthday cupcakes. The kids that were at the splash pad were hungry and immediately wanted some fruit and something to drink. As they ate, the other party friends arrived:

• Linden and her mommy, Kristen
  Lisa, Dustin and Timmy
• Mimi, Pappy and Grandma Filla
• Brewer, Bonham and their parents Lisa and John
• Ameila and her parents, Dustin and Kelley
• Isabel, little Jay and their mommy, Jenny
• Ethan and his mommy, Wendy
• Stephanie showed up too because she was working at the bike shop that morning

After some snacks, it was story time!!! The nice lady from Blue Willow Bookstore came over and read "Bark, George" about a dog that could not bark. The kids LOVED it....especially when the lady made the animal noises as she read them in the book.









Then, it was time to color a picture of the dog they just heard the story about and then glue a dog bone on the picture. I don't know about the other kids, but it was the first time that Collin had used a glue stick before. I am surprised it did not go directly into his mouth instead of on the paper.












After coloring, we sang "happy birthday" to Collin and shared his cupcake cake with his friends. Collin was only interested in sticking his finger in the icing and licking it off. The green was his favorite so he had a green finger and mouth after that. Grandma Holmes and I made sugar cookies shaped like dog biscuits. The kids thought that was funny and enjoyed eating one...or two of them.


Collin then enjoyed visiting with his friends until it was time to leave. He did not understand or like that they had to go but it was time since the kids...and parents.....were all getting really tired.


We all took at least an hour nap when we got home. What a day!