JT’s Family Party

Since the Coles were due to arrive just a week after JT’s birthday, we waited to have a family birthday party. It was so fun to have almost everyone here, including JT’s cousins!

Preston and JT waiting for the party to start

The birthday boy and his mom

Oops – lost the frisbee over the fence

Dinner time! JT’s favorite part was the watermelon.

After dinner JT opened his presents. He did a great job keeping up with the demands of being two and opening your own gifts. The funniest part was when I would say, “What do you want to open next?” and he would point to an opened present that he wanted to play with. So I started rewording it to, “Pick a present to find the surprise inside!” and that worked a little better.

The lucky guy got lots of cool stuff: a train set, Lego set, kitchen supplies and a latch board, books, alphabet cards, and his own beach chair (pictured above). He has been sharing his room with Preston this week, so he knew just what to do with his own new sleeping bag!

When the presents were all opened and played with, we feasted on JT’s special cake: a 3-D truck cake made by Grandpa and Grandma Cole, accompanied by mom’s homemade ice cream. It was soooo cool that we almost didn’t cut it up… but then we did. 🙂 JT actually blew out his candle, too!