On July 30th we celebrated Landon's second birthday. He was very excited and had been talking about his birthday quite frequently prior to the big event. He chose Thomas the Tank Engine as his theme (of course) and we celebrated a wonderfully Thomas day.
Before Chris left for work we let Landon open his first present. It was a Musical Caboose from Grandma and Grandpa Yarbrough that plays the Thomas theme song. We've been listening to it ever since. Fortunately it really doesn't get irritating. That morning we played with trains and decorated Landon's Thomas cake.
Grandma took us to Olive Garden for a birthday lunch and then it was time for the birthday nap. Calling it a birthday nap didn't make him want to take a nap any more than usual.
After his nap we built a giant train track and played until Chris got home from work with pizza in hand - Landon had been requesting birthday pizza for days.
Once everyone was sufficiently full we moved on to presents. Landon received trains, trains, and more trains. It was a Thomas birthday after all. He loved opening his presents and he had a great time opening the cards everyone sent to him. A few of the cards had money in them and every time he opened one he'd shout, "money!", jump off the couch, and run into his room to stuff it in his piggy bank. It was cute.
Once the presents were opened we moved on to cake. Landon tried so hard to blow out his candles but when the candles had melted halfway, we decided it was time to help out the little guy.
By the time we were finished eating cake and ice cream it was pretty late. We got the kids ready for bed and tried to get them to clean up. Grandma and Grandpa Gadd gave Landon a couple of adorable Thomas sets that he absolutely loved. He played with them all day and became quite angry with us when we told him to clean up at bedtime. He kept putting Boulder Mountain away and pulling it out again. It was pretty funny until he started getting a little nasty. Okay, so even then it was still funny. We just had to pretend it wasn't. You know, laughing when he's not looking. At the end of the day, Landon just couldn't bring himself to clean up his new trains and played until he was carried off to bed.
We were so happy that Grandma Yarbrough could be there to celebrate with us. It was a fun day. It's hard to believe that my baby is now a little boy. He's growing up so fast. I'm still trying really hard to enjoy the little moments because I know that a few years from now this is all going to seem like the blink of an eye.
5 comments:
Wow! What a great job on the birthday cake!!!! It sounds like the birthday was everything that Landon dreamed of. It is so hard to believe that he is 2 now. You are doing a great job putting the memories together so that you can remember them forever. Thanks for letting us attend the festivities without actually being there. Love ya and Happy Birthday Landon!!!Aunt Deb
Awwww, I miss the Thomas days! We had tracks running all over our house for about 2 years! Now, not so much. Great cake!
What a little cutie Landon is!!! It looks like he had a great day...what great presents he got...lots of trains!! Thomas is always a hit with boys...Ryan went through the Thomas phase...we even rode Thomas one time in Utah! ;) Now Logan is getting into Thomas...such fun! I'll bet it's so different for you, especially after Ainsley and Kaylee! He he! The cake turned out awesome...what a crafty and fun Mommy you are!
Happy belated Birthday Landon! He's so cute in nursery- he always waves good bye to me and Bella when we leave! what a friendly boy! I miss Thomas- Josh was really into it!
Happy Late Birthday Landon! You are such a good mom Christa. The cake turned out adorable and you have such cute kids. Keep up the good work...just don't make me look to bad while you're doing it:)Love ya!
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