Happy 2nd Birthday to my very special, very sweet, very funny Little Dude Finn! I can't believe it's been two years since he was born. What an amazing day it was. I reflect on the birth of my children a lot, as expressed in previous posts. I won't go into massive detail here, since I know I already did that last year for his 1st birthday!
I'm not really finding the words to describe how I feel on this particular birthday. It's been a bit of a blur of normal life really. We woke him up with a song and had a nice day together. After dropping T off at school we went to Walmart and had a birthday muffin and smoothie at Tim's, then did a little shopping for his upcoming party. He is such an amazing little man when we're out, so patient while sitting in the cart and hardly asking for anything. It's really a pleasure to go anywhere with him.
After that we went home to hang out for a bit before picking T up from school, then had a yummy lunch before the boys went down for their naps. This afternoon we just stayed home and the boys played while I got some housework done. We were on our own for dinner since Tyler had to go down to the city, but we had a nice meal together and then after bath time I let the boys have some chocolate pudding as a treat for F's birthday.
So not a terribly exciting day I'm afraid, but we're saving all the excitement for his big party coming up this weekend! I'm very excited! We expect a lot of people to come out to the farm to celebrate with us, and while part of me feels like I should be overwhelmed this week while planning such a large event, I'm not at all. Everything seems to be coming together nicely, and I am really looking forward to seeing a lot of our friends and family that we don't get to see too often.
We're doing a bbq style cookout at the farm, with lots of food and fun stuff. I'm taking care of the dessert and am going to be making about 100 cupcakes, as well as a dirt cake. Wow! Now, I do feel a little guilty because I just went and bought cake mixes instead of making them from scratch. I know I know, I have made such an effort in the past to make healthier varieties of cakes and cupcakes for the kids' birthdays. I wanted to this time as well, but I just couldn't see how I could make so many from scratch on my budget, since the healthier ingredients required always end up being SO expensive. So I'm cheaping out a bit, but they will still taste yummy that's for sure! I might try making some rice crispy squares as well.
Another thing I try to do for birthday parties is avoid giving out treat bags that are filled with candy or crappy plastic toys. This year for party favours I have sowed a bunch of extra tomato seedlings, and will give one to each child to take home and plant in their garden. I'm also going to do little snack bags that are made out to look like butterflies and they will be filled with dried fruit instead of really sugary stuff.
I really hope the weather cooperates for this weekend, and I'm really excited to have everyone over to the farm to see it and to celebrate with us!
My littlest (but soon to not be the littlest anymore) guy is already 2. Wow, just wow. He is such an amazing little boy. In fact, sometimes I can't believe he is the same baby that cried all the time and didn't sleep, because how he is now couldn't be further from that fussy baby. He is so happy, and so social. Everyone who meets him loves him to bits. And we do too!
Happy Birthday Finn!!
