Rather than attempting to host a party by
myself, I chose to head to Atlanta for Alexander's second birthday.
The Birthday Throne
After a week of activity and fun,
including snow, we wrapped up our trip with the grand event-
A Bouncing into Two
Birthday Party
To keep it simple, I threw it at Monkey
Joe's, which is around the corner from Gammie's house.
I was thrilled that nearly all of my
girlfriends from college were able to come with their kids as well as my
cousins and family!
Of the seven of us from our college crew,
there are now twelve kids with the 13th on the way. We lined up the nine
that were there by age.
Beautiful babies!
Monkey Joe's was super fun for all.
I arrived early, as usual, and they were
sweet enough to open the doors to let us in out of the cold.
We entertained ourselves until they officially opened and were ready for us!
We had our own party host who was great, but were also well taken of by the manager and visited by Monkey Joe himself. Alexander was afraid of Monkey Joe at
first, but the purple monkey did a great job of hanging back and allowing the
kiddos to warm up to him, so they were all wanting hugs by the end.
Though many of the kids spent more time at
the arcade than the bounce houses, everyone had a blast.
Porter was the big ticket winner!
My cousins all teamed up and won Xander a
lot of tickets!
He liked the race cars and the whack a
shark the best, but his favorite part was blowing out the candles on his
cake! He still talks about this every day.
The day was filled with smiles, laughter,
and playtime, but not without tears.
My cousins Craig and Charlie came in at
the same time as Weston's husband, Bruce. Seeing the three young, tall
men come in, Potatoes looked up at me, with tears in his eyes, saying,
"Where's my daddy?"
Though it broke my heart a little, after
seeing him jump back into play mode after a mere seconds, I cherished the fact
that our little guy still thinks of his beloved daddy when surrounded by fun
and attention.
After leaving Monkey Joe's, we headed out
for lunch, where Erin and Joey were able to meet us.
Xander sat the whole time,
mesmerized by the cupcake shape sorter Petty had given him.
Our waitress was named Zan!
Zan, Zanna, & Xander
We had so much fun celebrating our big
boy. That night as he laid down to sleep, he sang his way through ten
rounds of Happy Birthday to You, ending with a round of Happy Birthday Dear Me,
before drifting into sweet dreams of friends, cake, and candles.
Happy Birthday, Potatoes!
And now to the next Milestone (or Mayhem, more likely...)
Potatoes has asked to begin potty training!
Here's to the long Christmas weekend!
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