It’s official! My baby is TWO. How did this happen so quickly?? I blinked and here we are. Well enough waxing nostalgic, here’s the skinny on Ben’s birthday.
For one of only TWO TIMES likely to occur in his lifetime, Ben’s birthday fell on Easter. The next time this is supposed to happen isn’t until 2095 on his 86th birthday. He woke up early and got to check out his Easter basket. He was happy with the books, but THRILLED with the teeny trains. He also got to open a new book from Grandma Dorothy, Goodnight Train.
After that, we packed everyone off to my parents’ house. The kids got to hang out with Grammy and Papa while Matt and Kelly and I went for a run. I have run on both of Ben’s birthdays, but last year it was my first half marathon. Weird. This time it was just 6 miles at a nice clip.
After showers, etc. we went to Gigi’s house to meet up with the entire extended family. Breakfast was delayed and so while he waited, Ben got to open a gift from my parents and Kelly, a play set for cars with tons of ramps. He was something of a fan.
[flickr float=”right” size=”small”]5653693660[/flickr]After breakfast, we did our annual Easter Egg hunt. It took Ben a few to get the hang of things, then he was an avid egg-hunter within minutes. He even took to grabbing pine cones (one of his favorite projectiles) off the ground and stashing them in his basket. It was a super great game for him. But his favorite thing of all were the cascarones my Aunt Peggy always makes. They are blown out eggs filled with confetti and Ben was THRILLED to see them being smashed on others’ heads or on his own, cheering and reveling in the confetti downpour.
Because clearly we hadn’t had enough sweets, following the egg hunt (and some other misc. time elapsing activities), we brought out the cupcakes. I made angel food decked out with cool whip and strawberries since berries are on of Ben’s favorite foods. They turned out well if a little more done on the bottom than normal.
After some more playing, we headed for home. Ben got to hang around and watch a new DVD, eat some more berries, and play with Sissy before taking a Skype call with his grandparents in Nashville. After his evening bottle of milk he went to sleep pretty easily … a happy, darling little guy.
Happy Birthday BEN!!! Such a big boy, and so much fun! Lucky guy, having his b-day on Easter! Good thing it happened this birthday instead of when he was a bit older… he’d start to have pretty high expectations! 🙂
Happy Birthday to Ben! SO sorry I’m so late! My Buzz’s birthday was on the 26th, a few days after Easter, but we had his party (if you can call it that, heh) on Easter Sunday. I have to say, I’m glad Easter doesn’t fall so late that often.
So glad Ben had a wonderful birthday!!