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Daniel's Birthday


I guess I have taken a blogging vacation. Probably because I would rather clean my house right now than do anything else. But I wanted to share some funny pictures of Daniel's birthday before I have a new baby to blog about.

Daniel's birthday was March 19th and he got a small train set which he loves. Then on that Saturday we had a small party for him at the park. He didn't want cake so we had muffins for dessert and yes I was wrong, most people wanted the chocolate muffins instead of the ones I picked out. My parents came and manned the slide with the kids which was awesome considering all the other moms that showed up were pregnant and that just makes playing on the playground with your kids kind of miserable. Daniel is concerned that I can't go down the slide with him anymore, he always wants to sit in my lap and go down but there is no lap to sit in at the moment.



Needless to say none of the kids wanted to stop playing and eat or open presents. I can't remember how we enticed them but it must have been good. Some highlights of that scene were of course that the wind picked up freezing us out and making it impossible for the candles on the muffin to stay lit. Also that he was more interested in the cards that sang a song than anything else until he opened a shovel and rake for "his" garden. I think we had a good time overall. The only down side was that Daniel cried all the way home saying "please go back to the park, the big park. PLEASE!"

Comments

Josie said…
Happy Birthday to Daniel! Sounds like a fun little celebration! Hope you are doing, well- was well as can be expected in this miserable point in a pregnancy. Let us know as soon as the baby arrives! Good luck with everything!
4:40 PM
Megan said…
It was a fun party and yes I was very grateful for your parents playing with the kids on the slide..well, for the short time my kid actually played on THAT playground. LOL. Anna walked in while I was reading the post and said - 'Happy Birthday Daniel! I give him present and we play on the play ground' So obviously she remembered and had a good time.

Too bad she was such a stinker when you guys came over the other day. Sorry I didn't get back with you yesterday. I was walking out the door when you called and it has been crazy ever since. So just write my last name in her clothes. Thanks again. It was so good to see you guys. I will call you soon so we can make a trip up there.

Holy long comment. Maybe I should have just called you! LOL.
5:09 PM
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