Isaac turned 2 February 24th and we celebrated ALL day long!
So much in fact that I haven't had time to finish this post about all the fun we had on his birthday until now. Better late than never right?
The boys had the day off from school and I thought it would be fun to head to Fargo for the day.
My good friend Mollie joined us and we had a blast!
We had never been to Yunker's Farm (a children's museum) before and I had been wanting to try it out so we went there first.
We spent a few hours at the museum and could have been there much longer...
Jonah working on the United States puzzle...
Elijah checking out the bee farm
Elijah milking the pretend cow
Isaac LOVED the shopping carts and food to put in them.
Isaac sitting in the saddle pretending to ride the horse
Mollie and Miss Liv
The boys in the bee hive
Elijah modeling the bee costume
Mollie and Isaac "shopping"
An attempt at a picture of all my kiddos...not too shabby.
This next "station" kept the big boys entertained for the remainder of our time there.
Isaac enjoyed it too, but Mollie, Isaac, Liv and I checked out the rest of the exhibits while the big boys were intrigued by this...
The music room was fun.
Isaac LOVES trains and they had a big table which he found quite exciting.
This little room was for small children and Isaac scared away the only other 2 kids at the museum when he came running into it. They didn't believe me that he was only 2.
An attempt at a picture of me and the kids...Isaac was so excited and distracted the whole time we were there it was hard to get him to look at the camera long enough...
Then we met my sister Laura for lunch at Noodles and Company!
It was pretty busy and Isaac did a great job considering all excitement of the day so far.
Noodles and Company with Auntie Laura....Yummy!!!
We split the Wisconsin Mac N Cheese.
After lunch we headed to Toys R Us and looked around for awhile.
Isaac was fascinated with the power wheels cars and kept climbing in them.
After wandering around the store for awhile, we decided we better make one more stop before heading home.
Tutti Frutti.
It is a frozen yogurt shop where you get your own yogurt and toppings and pay by the ounce.
Isaac and I "shared" well mostly Isaac ate it and let me have a few bites.
Birthday Boy enjoying his yogurt
Jonah and Elijah sharing their dessert at their own table.
Me and my 2 year old!
Mollie and Miss Liv
Fargo was so much fun and I know I couldn't have done it without Mollie.
It was sure nice to be able to visit with her and have her help corralling my crew.
The trip home was uneventful and Isaac and Olivia took a nice nap.
This was crucial as we were going to be having a birthday party at my parents house that night and I was afraid he would be pretty grumpy.
We headed home, grabbed the presents and supplies for the party and headed over to my parents.
Here are a few pre-party photos of the ladies...
Auntie Nikki and Liv
Me, Liv, Nikki and my Mom
My amazing mom bought some fun Thomas the Train birthday supplies and had the house decorated when we got there.
She even had train tracks set up on the table
I did have a minor birthday cupcake decorating problem, but tried not to stress about it too much.
I had planned on just frosting some cupcakes and placing them in the shape of the a 2 and not doing anything too extravagant, but then a coworker of mine told me I better do something more exciting than that because he is a "middle" child and will develop a complex if I don't.
Especially since I will probably fuss over Olivia's bday as she is the only girl and it will simply be fun to do girlie things and since she is the baby she will get extra attention.
Thanks Laura W.
So I found a sweet Thomas the Train cake with cupcakes in the shape of a 2 that didn't seem too difficult.
However, after a few trips to the store and not having the right supplies to frost the cupcakes we headed over to my parents and I figured I would just wing it.
My mom had some genius frosting that is in a can and makes the life of a mother of 4 who is trying to make her 3rd son's 2nd birthday special way easier.
So here is my makeshift cake...
The good news is Isaac thought it was GREAT!
Here are a few pics of us singing happy birthday to him...
Here he is blowing out the candles...
He was so excited when we sang happy birthday to him that we sang it about 5 times....
He just kept saying again after each time and it was too adorable to resist.
Here are the birthday buddies.
We love you too Mom! Thanks for sharing your day with Isaac!
Uncle Tom snuggling with Liv....
doesn't he look good with a baby in his arms? wink, wink....the boys have been asking for another sister and I told them to start asking Tom and Nikki for a cousin instead ;0)
Then it was present time
Isaac was so excited he was shaking when he opened his presents....
My mom wanted a picture with all the grandkids so we attempted.
(I included the next three because it was quite humorous)
Here is the first one where everyone is pretty happy...
Then Elijah dropped his candy and it shattered on the floor...
We reassured him we would get him another one, so he stopped crying but continued to pout for the final photo...
Overall it was a wonderful day and we all had so much fun celebrating Isaac and my Mom!
Still can't believe he is 2!
Happy Birthday Isaac Robert!
