A year ago today I held my baby boy in my arms for the very first time. What a feeling. It's amazing how much you love your children, isn't it?
Our family has enjoyed visiting Wheeler Farm to see the animals. We decided we would do this again for Owen's birthday and plan a farm animal birthday party. We gathered chicken eggs, sang Old MacDonald, played animal charades and read The Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown.
The barnyard cake was a lot of fun to make, especially since my Mom and sister Amy were there to help me. Mom as always thought of the perfect gift for Owen, a tee-ball set.
Owen reminds me of Bam Bam from the Flinstones cartoon because he walks around all day carrying a bat. He likes to hit balls with it, but he also hits other things to discover the sounds they make. (If only I could teach him to not hit people!)
He hit the tee-ball again and again, and he could do it all by himself. It was fun for me to watch him be so content and so focused on his sport.
Owen was not shy about trying the cake at all. I couldn't keep his hands off long enough to sing Happy Birthday. He just grabbed a pig cupcake and went for it. Blowing out the candle was almost superfluous.
Happy Birthday BoBo. Love you little man.
6 comments:
So cute!! I can't believe he's one already! Where have you been? I've been thinking about you. We need to get together again soon!
what a cute idea!!
What a doll! He's so handsome and happy-- and you are amazing! I've never seen such a cute cake. How great to have your family around to help make it all possible!
april! that cake is so darn cute! happy birthday little man! he looks so happy in every picture, i'm sure he had a wonderful day. i can't believe he is already a year old.
what else have you been up to? do you have cabin fever yet? we need to get together and play!
April,
You know how to throw a birthday party, what a fun sounding day, I love the gathering eggs idea too, with it. What lucky kids. That farm has got to be the cutest thing ever! I would like to know the story on the silos, how to do that? We really need to get Rawl a T-ball set, he used yours this weekend and chopped instead of swung. I tried to have Luke show him how to do it. Riley and I were talking about how babies are pretty much ugly (I know how rude) (we were looking at pictures of our own kids...when they don't look like themselves yet) But Riley said, Owen's an exception....and that he is. So cute. I had fun with Luke too this weekend. :)
such a cute cake! And what a fun trip - nothing like the beach for little boys....you have such a cute family!
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