A 2 Year Old Birthday Party

                                          Jake's favorite breakfast for his birthday.

                                          A little cake & ice cream for our little family celebration.

                                          They like cake!

                                          Farm animal puzzle!

                                             Our little family 9/14/2012

                                          Loot "boxes" filled with lots of goodies.

                                           The plasticware

                                                     He loved the blowers.

                                           The party-goers.

                                                     Daddy the Master Griller!

                                                     Sifting the sand for buried treasure!

                                           Beverage & Dessert table

                                                     The mountain cake

                                           Dig Zone

                                           Jake & Whitney

                                            Sage, Jake & Whitney

                                            Embarassed when everyone was singing to him.

                                           The food table

                                                     Papa & Jake

                                                     No nap makes for a tired little guest of honor.

                                           He's 2!!!!

                                           Panning for some gold

                                            He loves his Daddy

                                           Party favors for the kiddos!

                                          Truck facials to cover the baskets for the chips

                                           Table decor

                                           Plates
   
     I had no idea how much fun it can be planning a child's birthday party! I've enjoyed planning a Church event or two, but it's really rewarding to plan something for your child and then see them have a good time doing whatever you planned.
     This was the case Saturday, for Jacob's 2nd birthday party. My Husband picked the theme, "Things that Dig" because he and Jake's favorite hobby is metal detecting and digging things out of the yard (101 coins so far this year-plus other trinkets & junk). I have a friend who also has a cricut machine and she has close to 100 cartridges (compared to my measly 9) so she lent me whatever cartridges I wanted. I had the most fun cutting and pasting dump truck shapes, putting together gable boxes for the loot "bags", making signs and banners. Then we decided as an activity we would put sand in his little used plastic swimming pool and bury some things for the kids to find. I was going to buy fake gold coins and bury them, but it turned into pennies, then pocket change, then Hubby bought Presidential coins off the internet and buried them. We didn't have to bury so much though because the kids kept digging them up and then burying them again. LOL crazy kids! My best friend brought her two girls for the party, so Jake, Sage and Whitney had a blast in the pool...as well as a few of the teenagers who were there. We did a simple cookout, to keep that part as easy as possible. My Mother-in-law made Jake's cake-a mountain with cake and construction guys on it. It was a hit!
     We are so thankful for family & friends who care about us and about Jake. Life wouldn't be the same without them!