Matthew's 2nd Birthday

Cripes! It has been exactly a month since Matthew's 2nd birthday! I gotta get on the ball. I didn't think my friend over at KandidKiwi would be so timely and post her 2 year old's party pictures the next day!

I had the house all decorated for Matthew's party the night before, so when Peter and Matthew woke up they were VERY excited to see the house decked out with Thomas the Engine stuff everywhere. We started a tradition of bananas and chocolate syrup (I try to artfully "spell" out the age with the banana slices) on our birthday mornings. Here is Matthew feasting on his special breakfast.

enjoying his birthday with his Omi. he LOVED this train

playing in the sandbox with his girlfriends...

always good for a laugh...

Thomas the Train cake

When it was time to blow out the candles, Matthew was more interested in grabbing the Thomas engine off of the cake than blowing anything out. I had to grab the engine off while we were singing "Happy Birthday" to avoid a major freak out. It had frosting all over the bottom and he smeared it all over his shirt. Pretty funny.

He barely ate any of his cake because he was so excited about the Thomas engine.

Peter was super excited about cake. It was all he talked about all morning.

the birthday boy was found wandering the party in someone's ugg boots at one point...

opening presents

He was most excited to get a soccer ball. It was really sweet. He was ready to stop opening presents and play with it. I had to remind him he had a lot more to open.

hanging out...

One of my favorite parts of his party was that we were surrounded by our friends and family. The year after Matthew was born was very challenging for me and I was so thankful to have most of the people that were such a support celebrating Matthew's 2nd birthday with us.

sweet friends

We capped off the day with more present opening and a skype session with both sides of the family. Here is Matthew chatting with Tante Heidi....

It was a great day! So fun to see Matthew so excited and it was nice to be able to celebrate what a blessing he is in our lives.