More Birthday

This will be the second of several posts this week about Ally's birthday. It was really a lot of fun, and Becky and I were so happy to share with our parents and Beth. Thanks for coming.

The party decorations - we gave away the animal beach balls to every family who came, along with rubber ducks dressed like animals.

Grandpa Frank was a trooper. He read countless books to Ally. Personally, I did not know it was possible to read every page of the My First Words Big Book, but he managed to do so and I think he and Ally talked about every single picture, every time he read her the book.

Grandmas got some book reading in as well, what else, Beauty and the Gorilla!

As you read previously the cupcakes during the party were not such a big hit. Being the prepared moms that we are, we had planned for that and made a small birthday cake to have with dinner. Ally refused to eat any of it.

She said yes to a lion cupcake and we got our hopes up...but all she wanted was the cheerios off it. Then she asked for more cheerios. Yes a toddler who prefers watermelon and cheerios to cake. Who knew?

But see how happy she is!

Poppy Dave spent quality time with Ally this weekend as well. They colored together (turns out Dave is a pretty good artist) and played with the great cutting fruit Ally got for her birthday.