Today was Alex’s 2nd Birthday Party and he had a lot of fun with old friends from stroller strides, our playgroup friends, and our neighbors. Since he is a summer baby we had a train themed summer party with splash pads, a slip and slide, and bubble fun. Everyone had a great time in the water and enjoyed the cupcakes after lunch. Alex had a lot of fun opening all his birthday presents too!
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Birthday boy started his day with a stack of pancakes and blowing out candles. Then we took him to his two year old well child check up where Dr. Mink confirmed our suspicions that he was huge. After lunch of pizza, one of his favorite foods, he opened our presents and was very happy to receive more trains, books, and an Elmo doll. Cake came right after nap because Daddy had to head to work, but a sleepy Alex didn’t seem to mind cake before dinner. We had planned on going bike riding, as that is another one of his favorite things, but it rained. Luckily it was just a rainstorm and not a thunderstorm and therefore perfect puddle jumping weather. Happy 2nd Birthday Alex!
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Oma came out last minute to celebrate Alex’s 2nd birthday! We were very happy to have her even for a short visit. We were able to have some fun at the beach and also Alex’s birthday and birthday party before she had to head home.
Brooke was able to go to another week of morning summer camp. We found a STEM summer class right in our backyard so she went to Ocean Week and they did a bunch of amazing things including shucking oysters, touching jellyfish and hermit crabs, and all sorts of fun messy science things. These are pictures of the outside of their classroom where they did experiments and had fun having a popsicle on the last day of camp.
It has been a HOT summer for us but we got one really nice day of 84 degrees and spent almost all day outside. We also got to hike which we haven’t been able to do since summer started. Everyone had a great time hiking except for the moment Alex misunderstood the softness and good partnering of a tree. Afterward we all got cupcakes for dessert!
