Happy To Be One!

Our walking one year old had a blast at his birthday party last weekend.  We had lots of little ones, friends and parents come out to help celebrate.  We had a black, red and yellow themed Mickey Mouse party.  I pulled out the sewing machine once again for Logan's new birthday suit.  Everything fit like a glove until I tried to get that little white shirt over his head.  Logan inherited the "big head" gene so it wasn't an easy task.  He was a trooper.  The party went well into his nap time but he was down for partying until almost all were ready to go.  We decided to have most of the festivities inside the house.  The heat factor played a part in the switch but we did have some of the kiddos play with the toys out back for a little while.

Once people got some food we put could tell Logan's awake time was limited.  We pulled the decorated high chair into the kitchen, grabbed the cake and gave his candle a light.  Right after we finished singing Logan's hands went right into the cake.  Like a sculptor taking to his clay Logan worked his way into the smash cake with intrigue and interest.  It wasn't until big brother Preston took a bite out of one of the cookies that he fully committed himself.  The smash cake took on it's true definition.
Logan eventually began opening his own birthday gifts.  So the party took a new turn from cake and dessert to tissue paper,  wrapping paper and bags.  Preston started into the gifts shortly after and when Logan struggled then Preston stepped right up and finished the job.  A real assembly line. 

All and all it was a great first birthday party!  Loads of fun from start to finish!

We even had another first word.  "Mommy" came out Logan's mouth clear as day after his well deserved nap.  I asked if Preston heard him say it and he said "Logan just said 'mommy'!".  It was the cherry on top of a super day.   

The birthday weekend ended up turning into an infamous day for the state of Arizona.  Sunday evening and Monday morning rainstorms caused huge damage to the Valley and the Governor had to declare a state of emergency!  We got a RAIN DAY off of school!  Never in my wildest dreams could I have predicted that happening.  It was almost like an April Fools joke at first.  I got a call from our health tech saying that school had been cancelled.  This website from NewTimes has a picture of the I10 freeway that was literally under water in the morning.  We're not close to this area but if you drove to the intersection of neighborhoods and streets surrounding us it was 5-8 inches deep of water you had to drive through.  Our backyard looked like the day our sprinkler system broke and it rain on full blast for 4 hours. 

We had no damage and by 3pm that day it was actually a beautiful day.  An unexpected long weekend that we will truly never forget.