Happy Birthday, Isaac!

I want to eventually go back and recap lots of "life events" from the past few years. Maybe do some sort of "Flashback Friday", "Throwback Thursday", or something like that. Just something to record some big memories. I think I'll start with one of our recent events though. On July 1st, my sweet, precious middle boy turned 2 years old! How did that happen? It seems like this was only yesterday...

And here we are now... (Is that not the most adorable grin? Melt me!)

I have always said that I would never do "character" birthday parties when I had kids. Never say never... We usually do small, family/close friends parties revolving around something that the child likes. Andrew has had truck, tractor, and pirate themed parties. For Isaac's first birthday, we just did a color scheme, went swimming, and called it a day! This year I wanted to pick something that Isaac REALLY liked for his birthday theme. The problem is, sweet boy likes everything! The only thing that stood out above anything else was the lovable Winnie the Pooh. Therefore, the Pooh party was born. FYI, you cannot find anything "Pooh" themed for parties in stores! Every decoration that I got was ordered online. So, here are some pictures from Isaac's 2nd birthday party!

I made his birthday cake and decorated it with little figurines from the Disney store. After they were done being cake toppers, they became a present for Isaac!

When he came in and saw all the Pooh decorations he was so happy! Everyone was milling around talking and he just walked over to the table and started pointing at and naming all the characters on the table covering to himself. That silly little tablecloth was totally worth it for that moment of happiness!

All the little cousins played on the swingset while we finished getting dinner ready. So happy that my kids will grow up with cousins close in age. Built in friends!

Isaac loved his cake and being sung too! He was such a big boy and blew out the candles all by himself!

He especially liked getting to lick the icing off all of the Pooh characters!

I think it's safe to say that he had PLENTY of help opening presents! Don't worry, he did most of them himself. :)

This birthday boy LOVES shoes. (I seriously almost did a "shoe" party!) Here he is sporting his new shoes from NeNe and PawPaw. He got 3 pairs of shoes for his birthday because everyone knows how much he likes them!

Then the kids played,  "Pin the honeypot on the Pooh"? It was QUITE the hit! I had to go find more stickers after they ran out of honeypots so they could keep playing!

See? A major hit with the three and under crowd!

Here are the girl cousins! Sophie and Ella Grace. 

And last, but not least, the baby boys. Noah and Benjamin. They just happened to have the same pjs, so we were going to get some cute pictures after the party... ummm, Benjamin wasn't having it! I love the way Noah is looking at him in this picture!

I'd say that Isaac's 2nd birthday party was a success! Thanks to all of our family and friends who came and helped us celebrate our sweet fellow. He is one loved boy. 

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens:  a time to be born and a time to die,...a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance... Ecclesiastes 3:1, 2a, 4