Happy birthday, Perrin!

My little boy turned two years old yesterday. It's hard to believe I'm the mom of a two-year-old! It was fun celebrating with family over the weekend. We took Perrin to the Museum of Discovery on Saturday, and he had SO much fun.

Here he is digging for dinosaurs. It was tough pulling him away from this to see the rest of the museum. I think he would have played in this spot all day if I'd let him.

The museum had plenty of cute props to explore--a barn, a kitchen, a pirate ship, a lighthouse, etc.Perrin kept trying to go in and out the windows instead of using the doors.

 Here's my big boy climbing his first rock wall! (With a little help from Daddy).

Perrin climbed up inside this exhibit so that he could get a closer look at the balls floating on air. It worked out fine until he started throwing the balls out of the exhibit, and I had to go chase them through the museum.

When we got home, we had a party with balloons, food, presents, and Elmo cupcakes! I got this idea from Pinterest, and mine are totally not as cute as the ones I found online. They don't look much like Elmo, either. And I couldn't get the frosting perfectly red, so I had to serve pink Elmos. Not very manly... but Perrin didn't seem to mind.

Birthday boy

On Sunday, Perrin turned a year old. One year!! We had a blast celebrating his birthday over the weekend. The theme of his party was "Perrin's birthday moose-stravaganza." We decorated the tables with stuffed moose wearing party hats and served "moose juice" and snacks. We even had a table of moose-inspired crafts and a "moose trot" (similar to a cake walk). And of course, a moose birthday cake.



Perrin got a wagon for his birthday, so all the babies took turns going for a ride in it. They loved it! And it made for some really cute pictures.










It really didn't take Perrin long to realize he LIKED opening presents!

And here he is demolishing his birthday cake. He had frosting up to his ears and in his hair and eyelashes by the time he was done.

Overall, the party went very smoothly... and most importantly, I could tell Perrin had a lot of fun. I had fun too, but it's been a little bit bittersweet for me to think that he's a year old already. I love the little boy he's becoming, but I miss the tiny baby that he'll never be again.