It's hard for me to believe, but our baby is almost two years old! It seems like he should still be this little tiny baby, or at least an infant, but he's already well into toddlerhood and growing up before our very eyes.
Joshua's birthday is not until Saturday, but since Carrie and Taylor were in town this past week and Daniel was coming to join them this weekend we decided to celebrate a week early. My parents will also be out of town the weekend of Joshua's birthday, so it worked out great. We opted to have one more little friend, Caleb, over to celebrate with us as well. It was much less stressful on me this time since the party was so intimate and I didn't have to plan any major games or activities.
The party was a John Deere theme. Joshua loves anything with wheels, and he really enjoys his tractors. It is also a favorite theme of Darrin's, so he really liked it as well. (Darrin would probably love it if Joshua's room was all John Deere, but that is not happening under my watch!) I was able to have a dairy-free cake made to match the theme, and I added a topper which included a tractor, fence, and a few trees to add to the trees the baker had already placed on the cake. It turned out cute!
Joshua wasn't really big into opening his presents at first. Rebekah was very eager and after much prodding with Joshua to no avail I finally let Rebekah start to open the first gift. Joshua then saw that there was a fun toy inside and decided to check it out. He still wasn't very interested in opening gifts, but with some help he finally showed interest.
All the gifts were a big hit! He got a wooden block train set from my parents (as well as some clothes he had already received). The blocks fit over pegs attached the the bottom of the train. This is actually really perfect for him because he has not been a big block or puzzle player. All the blocks fit all the pegs so that he won't get frustrated trying to make force them to fit. Hopefully this will spark more interest in playing with blocks and puzzles.
Tina and Caleb gave Joshua a couple of books. One is a Thomas the Tank book that plays 3 different whistle sounds with the push of a button. The other is a transportation book that identifies specific parts of different vehicles and methods of transportation. I'm going to learn a lot myself from this book!
Daniel, Carrie, and Taylor gave Joshua a Little Einsteins Rocket that moves to up to 20 programed moves. What a huge hit this toy was! It has about 6-8 different moves, and you can push the buttons up to 20 times before making it move. It will move in those directions consecutively. Joshua absolutely loves this toy!
Here are some pictures from the party. Enjoy!
2 comments:
Wow, the big 2! Looks like he had a good time! Where did you find a dairy free cake, I may have to be purchasing one for Wes's bday?
It's so crazy to think he's almost 2! I still remember you going in for your doc's appt and updating 2 days later saying you had Joshua! What a beautiful little boy he is!
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