A Tigger and Pooh Birthday

Last Saturday we celebrated Wesley's second birthday by having a party at the park with a small group of family and friends. Wesley wore his Tigger costume, and David and I attempted to make a Winnie the Pooh cake. David actually did all of the baking, and it turned out delicious. I was so impressed. Then I attempted to frost the cake in the colors of Winnie the Pooh, but his red shirt turned out pink. You know you can never add enough food coloring to really make it red. And then we added M&M eyes and a nose. It definately was not professional, but it turned out cute. Last year I used the same cake mold for his first birthday, and used chocolate icing to make a brown teddy bear. My grandmother always used to make us "lamb cakes" for our birthdays when we were little. She had a cake mold shaped like a lamb. So I thought it would be fun to start a similar tradition with my own kids of making "bear cakes." :)

Wesley had so much fun playing with his friends, Emil who didn't feel like wearing his cowboy costume that day, Remy who was a cute little lion, and Ava who was an adorable butterfly. He also enjoyed opening all of his presents, although he didn't really get it that he was supposed to keep opening them. He just wanted to stop and play with whatever interesting thing he had just opened. And all week long ever since his party, his presents have been all over the living room and he's been playing with them every day. Thanks to everyone that came to celebrate with us for making it such a special day for Wesley!

We had perfect weather...lots of sunshine, and it even got hot. Thanks to David's dad for taking a lot of great pictures too. If you want to see all of the pictures from the day please visit Larry's Public Gallery at:
http://picasaweb.google.com/lwgooding


It was too windy for the candles to stay lit, so Wesley actually just pretended to blow out the candles. :)