Reed's Birthday was Friday and we tried to make it a day all about him. He obviously had had some practice with the idea of a "Birthday" over the last week so when he woke up in the morning and I said "Happy Birthday." He immediately said "presents?" I took him in our room to wake up Dad and we gave him one of his presents, it was a farm/tractor set and he played with it all day long.
Reed and I had a pretty normal morning at home eating breakfast, walking Dodger, and playing outside. He played with his new toys a lot and when it was time for me to take a shower he protested being put in the pack 'n play (which he normally loves) and I instead ended up leaving him in his room with the door shut playing with his tractors and farmers while I hurriedly took a shower listening to the baby monitor. He of course was fine and it made me realize just how old he is and what a big boy he has become.
We then went to HMC to say hi to everyone and pick Dad up for a picnic lunch. Reed was surprised with a pink tractor from Aunt Paula (she knows how obsessed he is with tractors and how he always asks to see pink ones) and an awesome horse on a stick riding toy from Chris and Allison.
Reed LOVED having a picnic with Dad and made it his job to unpack the food, hide our shoes, and then run around like a crazy kid after he finished eating.
After lunch Reed and I went home. Reed took a great nap and I was able to decorate for his party. Even though there were just 8 adults and Reed, I still insisted on making it a kid themed party.
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| Starting last year, I decided to make an annual tradition of having a book signed by all in attendance of the Birthday Party |
By the time Reed woke up Dad was home BBQing and everyone was on their way over. When I told him this he got so excited he was shaking. When I showed him around his "party" he thought everything was so neat and then stood by the front door pacing - waiting for his guests to arrive. Once everyone was there we told him he could open gifts and even though he could access any of them he went over and sat next to them and waited for everyone to congregate in the living room before diving in. I guess Reed's obsession with cowboys and farming is pretty obvious. I never told anyone what "theme" I was having the party in and almost all of the gifts (even the ones from our HMC visit) fit in that genre (and he loved them all).
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| Sadly the closest thing to a family pic for the day |
Like I mentioned earlier, even though there were only adults in attendance I tried to make the party kid focused. We played pin the tail on the donkey. Reed was in charge of spinning everyone around 2 times and then leading them to the donkey and showing them where to put the tail. This was absolutely hilarious because he would stop the spin facing them in the wrong direction or drop their hand and stay "right there" pointing to the donkey's hind quarters not helping much at all since we were blindfolded!!! We also all wore our animal visors around the dinner table.
Dinner was all of Reed's favorite things - steak, pasta with sauce, artisan bread with avocado, and fruit. I made some brownie bites for dessert and he devoured three of them. He even came around to the cowboy hat I purchased him and had a great time entertaining us all at dinner. The kid was on a sugar and emotional high by the time everyone left and stayed up well past his bedtime - all signs of a great party if you ask me!!!
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