Today was day two of Anders' birthday celebration. He started the day with blueberry pancakes and apple cinnamon pancakes made by Uncle Rob. He liked them.
The big breakfast he ate led to a big nap - 4 hours! Much of which occurred while Rob, Carrie, Will, Mike and Zach and I were at the Iowa-UNI game. It was an exciting game. On the way to the game a chipmunk tripped me and Carrie as we walked down the sidewalk. It came out of nowhere and tripped me first (I thought it was somebody trying to trip me from behind by kicking my foot). Then as I was trying to avoid stepping on it, it got under Carrie's feet. It was very crazy.
After the game it was party time.
Grammie made Anders 2 cakes. The chocolate train cake with the candy cargo was a huge hit. Eleanor and Baby D are scoping it out and laying claim to a piece with gummy bears on it.
Anders and Drew showed off their Iowa team spirit with Aunt Sarah.
And there was lots of game playing - Anders even joined in the fun.
Since the angel food cake was so close, Anders decided to start with that cake, first by dragging his finger through the frosting. He was very civilized and used a fork.
Then all hell broke loose. He enjoyed the chocolate cake as well. His favorite thing to do was play with the cake and throw it overboard. He was having lots of fun.
Next we all moved on to the rides. Everyone started with a train ride on the City Park Express.
Anders got a new engineer hat to wear for the ride.
Then there were rides on the carousel.
And the mini ferris wheel.
Next we opened presents. Anders really liked this one from Eleanor.
Unfortunately, the balloons escaped out of an unnamed uncle's sunroof on the way to the party. When we got home, the balloons were in the tree across from Uncle Rob and Aunt Carrie's house. The unnamed uncle felt very bad, but at least we got a picture with them! Thanks everyone for coming to the party!
4 comments:
Looks like Anders had a great party and Birthday too. What a pretty park. and great rides for kids. Thanks for all the photos. Wish we could have been there.
Great report on the birthday activities. Glad you had an exciting game to watch and fun things to do at the park. Anders obviously liked his cakes.
Great pictures from the party! We had a great time, and I'm the only one in the house not napping right now, so obviously everyone got pretty worn out. So glad you found the balloons- sorry that the unnamed uncle didn't think through the whole balloons-out-the-sunroof possibility! I'm hoping to get a post up yet this weekend with some more pictures.
very cute! sorry we couldn't be there! can't believe he is one already!
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