Thomas’s 2nd Birthday

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Kathleen

I made his cake the day before and he was very pleased with it. He kept trying to taste it. He did succeed in sampling some of the frosting in one spot on the front before I pushed the cake all the way back. He was so upset when he couldn’t reach it, that I had to hide it in the guest room until he forgot about it.

Since he hates getting dressed so much, as a birthday treat I let him wear the clothes he fell asleep in the night before. He started his day with one of his favorite activities, playing with cars on the floor.

I made Cinnamon Crumb cake for his birthday breakfast. He loved it.

Everyone loves to make the birthday kid happy. Here is Charlotte making him laugh:

Isaac made Thomas a birthday train track to play with before going to bed the night before:

His birthday happened to fall on a day we watch Ian. Ian is also 2 and gets along really well with Thomas. We took Ian with us to Walmart to buy birthday balloons and diapers. As a special birthday treat, I bought the kids a cup of popcorn chicken and popcorn shrimp to eat as we shopped. Thomas loved the shrimp the most. I didn’t bring my camera with us to the store.

Thomas played with cars most of the day and was as happy as can be.

Zach gave Thomas a plane that he had purchased in Seattle on a work trip the day before:

Thomas loved it:

He even pretended to feed the plane Smarties:

Here’s the full view of Thomas’s outfit for the day. He seems to like to have either just one sock or just one shoe on:

We played one of his favorite games, where I pretend to be a slide. I only got one picture before his foot pushed my camera into my face and I decided that not all memories can be captured: