Micah's Birthday--Part 2

It was past due. Since we have been so swamped with getting our house on the market, we didn't have time to do much celebrating on Micah's real birthday except going to IHOP. We had a certain present we wanted to get for him, and I didn't want him to miss out on a cake and blowing out the candles and all. So, although it may be a week belated, we made a cake and let him open his present. It was a lot of fun!

The kids have been out of school all week due to the 6 inches of snow we got on Monday, and the cold temperatures which have kept it around. We didn't even venture out of the house until Thursday. Finally yesterday, the kids and I went and got his present and made a plan for the cake. 

Jesikah and I had the perfect plan for the cake: the number 2, bright colored candies, and a car theme. We picked the number 2 cause he is two, the colors cause he labels everything with a color (and gets it right every now and then), and the car theme because cars are his life! We were able to roll these all together in an adorable cake. I love having Jesikah's help on cakes. She is very creative and good with decorating, even more perfectionistic than I am. Sometimes when we are decorating cakes together, I start to get the feeling that she's in charge, and I'm just her assistant. :)  We had a lot of fun doing it together, and it turned out perfect! 

This was how Micah looked while we sang "Happy Birthday" to him. Frozen in awe.

Eric teaching him to blow out the candles--too cute!

We had to relight the candles multiple times for practice

I love the way he formed his lips to blow

My favorite picture of the night

Picking M&M's off the cake

Got his own piece, still loving the M&M's

"I two", says Micah as he holds up one pointer finger on each hand.

Our crazy family enjoying the fun!

Micah's present

 There may be a few too many pictures of Micah unwrapping his ONE present, but he was so cute and excited, and he did the whole thing himself. It was so fun to watch. The tissue paper wrapping paper started out as a last resort when we were out of wrapping paper, but turned into a great idea because it was very easy to tear and unwrap, and being colorful was just a side benefit. :)

Tessa popped into the picture, trying a little too hard to look engaged. :)

A box of parts wasn't exactly what he was expecting. :)

Lots of pieces! Micah didn't leave Eric's side the whole time he was building it.

Micah holding his car anxiously waiting for Eric to stand it up again to try out the finished tracks.

A good helper