Noah's Birthday Party

Hello everyone, this is Morry. This is my weekly post on the blog.

Today was Noah's birthday party. We scheduled it from 11am to 1pm. But before 11am, there was a lot of work to be done. Rachel made peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, Grandma/Lynn got a fruit brie dip thing ready, and Papa put together a table for outside on our patio. Meanwhile, I ran the errands. I picked up a fruit basket that Grandmom/Marilyn bought for us from Edible Arrangements. Then I drove to Chick-Fil-A and picked up a tray of 120 chicken nuggets, then on to HEB to pick up a sandwich tray and the cakes for the party. When a child turns one and you order a 1/4 sheet cake or bigger at HEB, they give you a free 6-inch cake for the birthday child.

I got home a little after 10:30. Evan was very very interested in the edible fruit arrangement. He sat there looking at it. He kept saying he wanted a pineapple flower and a chocolate-covered strawberry. We told him he couldn't have anything until the first guest arrived. As soon as the doorbell rang, Evan dove in for the fruit.

The party went very well. Most of the kids played outside while the adults stayed inside. The swing set was a big hit. All the kids played mostly on the swing set. I don't think Evan actually ate anything for lunch other than fruit. Come to think of it, I think that's pretty much all Noah ate too. Both boys just love fruit.

When it came time for cake, we sat Noah down in his high chair, put on his bib and put on his tray. We lit the candle on his cake, sang to him, and Evan "helped" Noah blow it out which meant that he blew out the candle. When Evan turned 1, he had never had cake before so he wasn't quite sure what to do. He ate some of it, but mostly, he just mushed his hands in it. However, Noah, has had cake before and he knows he likes it. After initially doing the more sign, because I think he expected us to cut it up for him, he went right to it and ate half the cake. In fact, we were worried he was having too much and took it away from him, and he did the "more" sign. The mess was fairly limited to his hands and face (nothing in his hair) so the clean up was easy. He did get some cake on the new outfit that Aunt Fran had gotten him for his birthday, so we had to change him.

Noah just loved all the attention. He was such a ham the whole time. He was smiling and laughing and he knew he was being cute.

After the party, we opened up a few of Noah's gifts. Evan basically thought they were his gifts and was not very nice about letting Noah play with them. We had a little battle about it.

The boys took late naps and therefore got up late. I woke Evan up at about 6:20. Noah was awake on his own.

We went to dinner at Fish City Grill in the Triangle. The Triangle is this neat housing/restaurant/retail area in Austin. Aunt Susan and Lauren came with us. We ate outside and the boys just loved that. Both boys were incredibly well behaved. The food was very good. Everyone seemed especially happy with their food.

A few weeks ago we had had dinner at the Triangle and afterwards we stopped and got Yogurt at a place called Yogurt Planet. They sell frozen yogurt by weight. It's a great concept. Evan remembered this and insisted we get frozen yogurt. Everyone enjoyed the dessert.

When we got home, after a little while we were able to get the boys to bed. It is very late, but they were kind of hyper so it was tougher.

They both are quiet now, hopefully it stays that way.

Overall, it was a very successful and fun day. Until next time...

By the way, click here to see the album of the birthday party.
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