Even better, Simon has become friends with one of my best friend's husbands and the two of them have training for the Grand Fondo together. And since Lance also has young kids he knows that by "training", it means getting out for maybe 3 rides in total. (It is SO hard to make time to train in a house with little people! But if you count chasing munchkins around then both Dads got a lot of training in before the big ride!!). Anyways, Rachael and I took the kids (all 5 of them in total) to Whistler the night before and they practiced their cheering and dancing abilities until late into the late.
Daddy's best cheer squad |
Natallie and Nala eagerly anticipating their Daddy to cross the finish line |
so glad I got the shot! |
Go Dads Go! |
celebration party hats |
7:30am - Being serenaded by older sister in minion party hat ( not impressed with her vocal abilities and cries for mom)
7:35 am- more impressed by coming downstairs and seeing all the minion decorations. Wears party hat for all of 30 seconds before never wearing it again (despite my pleas and bribes to put it on).
7:40- finds more minion decorations and is amused (Mom is justifying all the printer ink for that sweet smile)
7:45am- couldn't wait any longer and gave Noah his birthday present. Noah is very pleased with his minions which he calls "minneees". (Mom is justifying spending too much money on stuffed animals with oversized spectacles in form-fitting overalls)
Daddy's special gift for Noah |
3:30 pm- woke up from nap and decorated minion cupcakes
4:30pm- went to go see the Minion movie. Noah sat and didn't even blink for half the movie and then squirmed for the second half. Natallie was the kid in the theatre that laughed so loud that everyone turned to see who it was. Both kids were thoroughly amused every time the minions said BA-NA-NA!
6:30pm- forgot how many ads there are before a movie and that it is an hour past Noah's usual dinner time. Noah is thoroughly starving when we get to the restaurant and may possibly eat food off other people's tables so I walk with him to another store and buy a box of crackers while we wait for the food to come. When the food comes, he inhales his dinner. No pictures of dinner because I am so busy feeding this famished boy a dozen shrimp and a bowl of spaghetti and a bowl of rice
7:30pm- gets to open presents from PoPo and Auntie Rainbee. Very happy with his new minion sippy cup, minion ball and rockin' toddler Sundy School CD.
new Minion soccer ball |
8:00pm - Pose for obligatory family pictures
9:00pm - both kids in bed and I look at pictures from his birthday party last year. Feel so relieved I didn't bake stupid sugar cookies and hand paint tractors this year. Also say a thank you to God that between last year and this year, this kid learned how to sleep through the night and more recently sleep past 5:30am (can I get an Amen?!).
10:00pm- still looking at pictures from last year to this year and try to come up with some way to freeze time because it's all going by too fast.
10:30pm- still upset over inability to freeze time but decide to go to bed and just blog about it tomorrow.
HAPPY 2ND BIRTHDAY MY SWEET LITTLE NOAH!
YOU ARE SO LOVED!