Wonderful Weekend!

The Birthday Boy!


COUSINS!

FRIENDS!

The Ace of Cakes - ha!

The final product!

After a trip to the doctor's for his 2 year check up on Friday (where they discovered he may have a possible hernia and we have to see a pediatric surgeon on November 9!), we celebrated Colin's birthday on Saturday and had a party for him at our house...all of his cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents, and friends were able to make it...he had a blast and has been on this birthday kick since Wednesday when we sent in cupcakes to daycare. He has been singing "Happy Birthday" at least twice a day since then and even today (and as I write) he has been singing it. So cute! He was quite overtired and had a sugar high and thankfully took an almost 4 hour nap today which brought the Colin we know and love back! Today was spent indoors watching football and playing with the many toys that everyone so generously gave him - we love you all - thank you! And once again I feel so blessed to have such loving and caring friends and family in my life, it makes the joy of celebrating a special event that much more special! Enjoy the pictures!

Happy Birthday Colin!

Can't believe it - 2 years old! What an amazing 2 years it has been...we are soooooooo lucky (can't emphasize the so enough). He had a very busy, but fun day with Grammy and Grampy, and then more fun when Mommy came home from work...the more I think about it, the title of this blog fits...time does fly and it's true - treasure each and every day with your loved ones...we love you Sweetie Pie! (we'll post pics from the party Saturday!)




Colin's very into garbage trucks - this one actually plays a song "to the dump, to the dump, to the dump, dump, dump" he got the biggest kick out of it!

Making cupcakes for friends at day care...he had fun stirring!

It's a Girl Thing

Yes ladies, a brand new Target has just opened exactly 1.2 miles from our house! Scary, huh?

Terrible Two's

"I DO NOT WANT TO PUT MY PJ'S ON!!!" ...oh, the terrible two's have begun!

GO SOX!!!!!

Colin's hoping they call him up tonight to pinch hit! Go Red Sox!!!! Let's hope for another World Series! However, this time around with a two year old it's harder and harder to stay up for those late games! 5:00 start times would be great!

ELMO!!!!!

Saturday we went to our first Sesame Street Live show..."When Elmo Grows Up"...it was fantastic and Colin's expression when Big Bird popped out from behind the curtain put me into tears - just pure joy, happiness, and complete awe! We had a great time, Colin did great for about 95% of the show (he lost a little bit of attention with about 15 minutes to go), and it was definitely an event to remember!

Bouncy House, Hoodsie Cups, and Tractors!

The Winning Fair Pumpkin - 1700 pounds!

BIG Tractor!

Cousin Maddy helping in the bouncy house (so Mommy would stop panicking that I was going to get trampled!)

What could be better??? Especially for an almost 2 year old boy??? This weekend started with Colin's cousin Sydney's birthday party which included both a bouncy house and a Hoodsie Cup - Colin is still deciding which was his favorite. I was helping by handing out spoons to all the kids and there's Colin sitting at the birthday table trying desperately to open the ice cream container. He was using his teeth, trying to pull at it with his hands, but he just couldn't do it...then I helped and he was in heaven! I don't think he cared much about the High School Musical birthday cake (yes, that was the theme!)...he just looked so big, sitting at the table with all the "big" kids...the bouncy house was a hit, except that the birthday girl got stung by a bee for the first time in her life at 1:00 exactly just as the first guests were arriving. It turned out OK though! Then, on Monday we hit the Topsfield Fair with Daddy and Nana. We thought we would be smart by going on a Monday morning, beat the crowds...well we were wrong, it was Senior Citizens Day which meant dodging a ton of wheelchairs, but we had a blast, Colin absolutely loved it! He still can't decide if sitting on the tractors or petting the sheep were his favorite (don't worry Michael and Shelby we had a face mask for him!)...anyhow another great fall weekend, and hard to believe that in 23 days he'll be "2"!!!