The kids were ridiculously cute. Jackson - cracked out as ever - did wind sprints up and down the halls, shrieking all the while. He was so overwhelmed and ecstatic with all of the guests and all of the attention. Abby is a blossoming social flower; she greeted each reveler with a wave and "hi" and was quite thrilled to be passed from person to person all afternoon. I barely saw my baby girl!
In addition to standard party fare - food, drinks and goodie bags for the kids - we invited a local children's musician (Keta) to play songs at the party. Abby was the belle of the ball, dancing along fanatically to every song Keta played.
Jackson and Abby blew out their candles after the chorus of 60 sang the birthday song. Mom & Dad had baked mini-cupcakes for the occasion. Despite the fact that they were "mini," Jackson still managed to consume his body weight in sugar, which meant a very long and painful bedtime process. Abby - just like most 1-year-olds - simply stuck her entire face into the cupcake, grinning widely through frosting-glazed lips.
I hate to admit it, but we hid almost all of the kids' birthday presents until Christmas morning, at which point we finally let Jack & Abby tear into the gifts. We won't be able to do that in the years to come, but, this year, they didn't know the difference! Thus the reason I'm a little late with the thank-you cards...
Sneaking his fifth (or was it his sixth?) cupcake.
The birthday song
Mini-cupcakes for the kids
Abby demonstrating her remarkable musical aptitude
Abby getting her groove on
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This is so cool... sorry we missed the party; so fun to read all about it Katy...
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