Birthdays | mikelovesjulia.ca

Today we has the privilege of attending Eunice’ third birthday party at her home, which is nearby to ours. Zach had been looking forward to this all week as we reminded him each day of the special event that was happening on Saturday for “Eweniece”.

Whether it was the excitement of seeing all his friends or not, Zach was a bit of a naughty boy and committed multiple crimes against humanity in the form of pushing, refusal of food, and dribbling of apple juice.

That being said, we still all had a great time. There were lots of people there and lots of children near or at the age of Eunice, including Jeffrey, Patrick, Oliver, Zachy, Ethan and Alea. Paul and Aeri prepared so much food, and it was all very delicious and tastefully laid out on the table. In fact, it looked so good that Zach was almost tempted to take some.

When we arrived we put Patrick on the couch beside baby Jeffrey and it was really cute to see the two of them “play” together in their own little way:

Special birthday hats had been created and we managed to put one on Zach’s head without to much complaint.

Eunice showed a lot of joy and excitement over each gift she got – even the (birthday) cards were greeted with shouts of happiness! It was neat to see someone so young show so much appreciation.

Before leaving, we got a picture of all the kids together on the couch. Unfortunately, Patrick was already bundled into his car seat (and crying) so he didn’t get included.

A fun day for all involved, and for a certain little boy, it tired him right out!

Today we celebrated Zach’s 2nd birthday we a few of his friends. Attending this big event were:

Alea and Ethan (along with their parents Grant and Andrea)
Eunice (with Paul and Aeri)
Lilah (with Jill)
Oliver (with Alex and Glenda)
Sandy and Mike (our neighbours)
Little brother Patrick

It was a fun-filled time for everyone, especially the kids. Zach had a bit of a hard time at first because there was so much activity. He was quite unhappy that the other children were playing with his toys, so he had a couple of crying fits, but in the end he started to have a lot of fun and there was no more sadness.

Before we ate and opened up the presents, our neighbours – Sandy and Mike (along with Sandy’s b/f Bobby) – very generously had given Zachy his own sandbox! He was very thrilled with it, and he, along with the other children had all sorts of fun playing in it.

As you can see, it can fit two big boys quite comfortably. ;)

After lunch, which was pizza for the kids and hamburgers for the adults, we had a delicious dessert of chocolate cupcakes. Julia had bought some candy so the kids were able to decorate their cupcake’s as they wished. After dessert, a very happy little boy had “Happy Birthday” sung to him.