Matthew's "Happy Birthday"!

Last week, we celebrated Matthew's "Happy Birthday" with a big party full of lots of kids, laughter and fun! As Matthew's "friends" are only 2 years old... we thought it appropriate that they come with parents (don't you?) so we had a houseful!

The theme was Sesame Street, and particularly Matthew's favourite... Elmo!

We had hoped to play outside with the kids. I rented some fun backyard equipment including a jumping house, slide and tunnel system. I had watched the weather all week with crossed fingers, hoping that the 40% chance of rain wouldn't materialize, but it wasn't meant to be.

Around noon, it hailed ferouciously, and was very cold outside, which didn't make for a lot of fun. So what were we to do?

Bring the fun INSIDE of course!








I sent Daddy to Superstore to buy a new tarp... we emptied our living room of almost all furniture.. and voila! An instant playgound.

For added fun, I had been walking through the dollar store and found some really cute fishing sets with little magnetic fish and fishing poles! For the price that they were, I couldn't resist picking them up to make a little fishing game for the kids.




The cake was, of course, Elmo! (with a little help from my friend Bridget)



with some little cupcake friends to go along, made by myself.



We all had a little lunch,



and birthday cake of course!



We said good-bye to all of our friends and enjoyed the evening, playing with new presents, which Matthew got right into!



What a fun day for all.. but thank goodness it's only once a year!