Our goal this year was to have birthday activities instead of a birthday party for Everett. He opened presents from family as we received them, and he was really able to enjoy each one--being "two" you get overwhelmed a bit easily. We were so glad that we did this as he responded very well.
Last weekend, we started Evy's birthday celebrations. We really wanted to schedule a chance for him to tour a firehouse. It was just seeming to be too hard between all the schedules, and then I found out that Fairfax County was having open firehouses for fire prevention week. SCORE!
THE Firehouse!
Everett had a blast; the most mundane fascinated him. He seriously thought the bunkroom and the urinals were REALLY cool. No kidding.
The next weekend, we planned to go apple picking to continue with his birthday festivities and found out from a friend how we could go apple picking and go to SONIC! All is right with the world when pieces like that align. (There are not any Sonics close to us. And, Sheila was able to go and buy milk and yogurt out in the country with country prices . . . heaven!)
The actual birthday day was so much fun for Everett. Breakfast started with his favorite doughnut--the kind with sprinkles. One or both of us were with him during nursery at church(they were shorthanded), and he did really well. They sang Happy Birthday to him. He really didn't know what was going on, but he didn't cry or run away.
After nap, he had a birthday treat, M&Ms. We then made his birthday cake together. In making the cake, he wanted to add food coloring. So, we added the colors one by one and watched them spiral together. Actually made the white cake more festive.
For dinner we had his favorite, NOODLES! Of course the sauce was everywhere. And then we added red icing to the mix on his face. It was fabulous!
Shameless Videos:
Birthday Song
Birthday Cake
Chatting, Giggling and Reading with Evy (5 videos)
