The Moodys' Musings: Our Birthday Girl

I am always sad to see summer go, and this year is no exception. However, this year I will relive summer with all of the posts I have yet to write. ;) We had so much fun! For now, that will wait while I mention our most recent happenings.

A certain little character turned two on the ninth and I can hardly believe how grown up she's seeming! We had a fun day planned with Anna, Macy, and Rowland, but unfortunately Cooper woke up with a fever. She was chipper all morning, but was completely lethargic by naptime.

Since Anna and her kids were halfway down here by the time Cooper woke up, we still met up at Gilbert House Children's Museum. It was closed for the week (presumably to get ready for their preschool to start). So much for all of my planning! ;) We played at the playground and rode the carousel instead. Cooper was perky during that time. It was during our picnic lunch in the shade (it was a GORGEOUS day) that she started shivering and looking slightly blue. Poor baby.

We realized the fountains were still on, and I just happened to have the kids' swimsuits and towels in the car. Since Macy and Cooper are the same size, it worked perfectly. Cooper slept in my arms while Macy and Judson played in the water.

Birthday breakfast

You can't really get the full picture of Judson's outfit here, but it was a John Deere shirt with a tractor on it and the ever-popular fish swim trunks. When he came out wearing this particular outfit that morning, I told him he needed to change either the top or bottoms. He instantly said, "But sometimes guys on the farm cook fish for dinner!" How could I argue with that?! I let him wear it. :)

Judson always rides in one of the wagons on the carousel. Somehow he convinced Macy that she should too. :)

These two love each other so much and have such a great time together! It never ceases to make me smile.

And somehow I convinced Anna to ride with Cooper so I didn't have to. ;) That thing makes me so dizzy! Plus then I could take pictures.

Once we got home, Cooper slept for four more hours, until I finally woke her up at 7. She seemed to be feeling better, but I was glad I'd decided to postpone our dinner with the Renningers, Comptons, and Paul Moody. Judson was SO SAD that we didn't get to have our little party. :(

The good news was our guests could all come the next night and everyone at our house was feeling good. (We opted to do things differently party-wise this year. We're having a combined birthday with cousins and a few friends at the Mollala Train Park next weekend. Our house is just too small to pack a bunch of people in comfortably. For the kids' actual birthdays, it's a much smaller group, which is nice for many reasons. :)

Dinner

I shouldn't even show these. I've never had to make a cake for my kids before (thanks to Bridgett). I ended up having very little time and not finding the supplies I was hoping to find on my one errand night without kids. Oh, well. Cooper loved them, and I'm hoping to do better for our train park party. :)

She blew both candles out the second we set the plate in front of her, but then couldn't get them out for the life of her once we sang to her and it was actually time to blow them out.