Happy Birthday LB!

Guess who turned two??

 

 

LB did!! (see how excited he is for birthday cake?)

 

 

And here he is digging into his presents.  He got a great set of tools, some new books, a ball and mitt and bongo drums!

 

Over the weekend, we had his friends over to celebrate with us.  We had a wild idea for a digging in the dirt party and we waited until the last minute to send out the invitations because we weren't sure the weather would cooperate.

 

Lo and behold, we had a beautiful day for an outdoor party, so the construction site was erected!  Some cones, a big tarp and five bags of topsoil (that we were going to need to add to our garden anyway this season) later, we had a party!

 

 

The cupcakes were chocolate/chocolate and topped with crushed Oreos to look like dirt and all the kids were issued a cupcake and a construction hat before getting turned loose in the dirt pile.

 

They dug and played with gusto.

 

And I'm happy to report that there wasn't any dirt throwing or dirt eating to speak of.

 

And most of the dirt stayed on the tarp, too.

 

He got some fun presents from his friends - a Star Wars t-shirt, lots of cool bubble wands, a set of golf clubs, some books and a John Deere Tractor.

 

After a couple hours, kids started to head home by way of the wash station...

 

...and our boys spent the rest of the evening playing in the dirt and helping us put away the party stuff (LB spent a lot of time climbing on the coolers).

 

What a great way to celebrate a great two-year-old!  Happy Birthday LB - we had a great year!!!