Beau's 2nd Birthday Party

After our family birthday celebration for Beau on his actual birthday, we had a lovely birthday party on Saturday afternoon.  More family and friends came to Beau's party for lots of fun and food.  Nana made the cutest signs to hang outside.   With Curious George as our theme, it was sure to be super cute!

There were plenty of yummy snacks that Curious George would surely approve of!  I had a great time putting the table together, and it turned out really cute.   I also found a few Curious George books to share with our guests as favors.

We had popcorn, white chocolate covered Rice Krispies treats with red sprinkles, cupcakes with yellow and red sprinkles, fruit salad, little Hebrew National pigs in a blanket and chips with queso.  What a festive and delicious spread!

I am definitely sure that the cupcakes, hot dogs and queso were the winners!  Everyone wanted more and more hot dogs, so we baked another batch.  There might have been a few smoke alarm beeps, and Beau had to stop opening gifts to investigate.  He continued to discuss the beeps for the rest of the party!

Luckily, Beau's gift from Nana and Pops was a fire truck.  He was prepared to help if need be!  Beau kept shouting out, "I got a fire truck!" over and over!!!I'm not sure who was more excited about this party . . . Beau or Lincoln!  Lincoln was such a supportive big brother, and he really encouraged and celebrated Beau for the whole day.  Linc made sure that Beau was ready to blow out his two candles, helped show him how to best unwrap the gifts, and even offered to clean up the wrapping paper and tissue paper mess.  Lincoln knew that it was Beau's special day, and he was so sweet to make sure Beau was making the best of it!

We headed outside to ride on the new tricycle and working so hard on peddling makes Beau's tongue stick out!  (Lincoln used to do the same thing!)  Our little friend Tomas learned to enjoy the roller coaster with Linc and Beau.  We were blessed with a really warm and sunny March afternoon. 

After lots of playing outside, it was time to really inspect all of the gifts.  The fire truck was a hit, as was Bubbles gift of an airplane that has removable parts.  The boys have really paid attention and learned to use the drill to take (and put on) the wings and propeller.  They have also sampled many books, two play-dough kits, a ring toss game, a new alphabet game, and lots of art supplies.  

What a special birthday party for Beau, as he was surrounded by people who love him!  I don't think he had any little two year tantrums, and he just enjoyed the day.  Thanks so much to Minnie and Bubbles and Sarah and Cheryl for making the drive from Arkansas (we missed you, Ally!).  Nana and Pops, Marte and Scooter, the Robisons and the Whiteners were so kind to give us their afternoon.  March is full of birthday celebrations for our family.  Beau is first on the 14th, Minnie is next on the 22nd, Bubbles follows on the 29th, and Lincoln wraps up the fun on the 30th.  Basically, we spend our entire month with lots of presents and lots of Stein's cakes!  Round 2/3/4 will take place together on Linc's birthday weekend, and we are happy that the Freemans can come back so soon.  We will try to get back to a little normal life in between all of the parties, but these guys are definitely in full birthday mode.  What a blessing to have so many people to celebrate!