The Birthday

Monday was Talmage's 2 year old birthday. Wow, time really flies. We went in his bedroom, early Monday morning to wish him happy birthday. This is what we found.
A half-naked boy playing with his trucks and cars. He insists on bringing them to bed with him. It's okay with me because he is contained and happy and that makes me happy.
We ate some birthday pancakes (complete with candle, that he would not blow out) and opened some very modest gifts (one dollar matchbox cars from the dollar store). I also made him this little car caddy to carry his cars around in. He loved it. He drove his cars in and out of the pockets, parked them backwards and then forwards, etc....it feels good to be appreciated.
It folds up like this.
We had another little party that night...check out our awesome decorations (also from the dollar store). Andrew was really happy to be there. Too bad I didn't get a picture of him in the wet suit he bought earlier that day, it was also awesome.
No party is complete without some cake...truck cake, that is. You can't see the mold very well with chocolate cake, but I have a cake pan with truck molds. It's always a big hit, who doesn't like truck cake? We also put candles in the trucks and no, he would not blow them out.
That was our big day. It was so fun to celebrate the two years we've had with our little guy. He has been such a blessing in our lives. He keeps us happy and mindful of the most important things- family.