Following quickly after the trip to Dallas World Aquarium for the actual birthday, it was time for James’ birthday party with the family. Mom had discovered a website called Pinterest and according to their website the average user spends close to 90 minutes a day surfing it. I suspect that number was much lower prior to Heather discovering it, because half the articles on Pinterest made their way into James’ birthday decorations. Mom made a shark watermelon, Thing 1 and Thing 2 cupcakes, green eggs and ham, chocolate covered pretzels with the Dr. Seuess colors, and more. I put some meat on the smoker before I went to bed. James played.
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The party itself was fun, and James got to show off his new walking skills. He tore the cake apart, and was just about to start flinging cake all over the kitchen when the destruction stopped due to James tossing icing into his right eye. He enjoyed all the gifts, and our living room is now even more cluttered with toys than it was before as we have to step around plastic monkeys, monster trucks, plastic trucks and Bilibos.
The next day the kids had fun outside playing in the water. Poor Mr. Stripey the tomato plant did not enjoy the experience and we are now one plant short.
Thanks everyone for making it a special first birthday for James. We can’t wait to celebrate Baby Ben’s first birthday!