Birthdays are a great chance to take a step back and look how far Foster's come in the last two years! Wow has the time flown, but what a great time we have had.
Foster has become a little parrot lately, literally repeating everything that we have to say. For example yesterday during lunch, Foster wasn't feeling that great and was mad because John took the ketchup away from him. I said, "John, be patient, he is sick," a few minutes later, Foster promptly repeated the sentence back. Also, yesterday morning as I was leaving, he waived his hand, beauty pageant style and said, "Goodbye, Darling." Now that is one that John and I can't take credit for, likely from school or Sheela is where he heard that. He got the biggest kick the other day playing with his "penguin" as he called it.
The last year has flown by. Foster talks in full sentences now and definitely has an opinion about things. He loves to dance and sing songs, especially "wheels on the bus." In the car there is a constant commentary on all the vehicles and/or animals we see passing us by. For Christmas, one of our good friends gave Foster the "Go, Dogs, Go!" book. He has been mesmerized by it. I can't even count the number of times that we have read the book. And it combines his favorite things, dogs, lots of forms of transportation and a party at the end, with let's not forget cake. Therefore, it seemed to be the perfect theme for his 2nd birthday.
We had the party at a local play place, lots of jumping, a ball pit and a kitchen that Foster's loves to play in. He loved having all of his friends around and playing, but when it came time for singing and cake cutting, he wanted no part of it. Despite having talked about the party and the birthday song and practicing it all week, he was not a happy camper. But once he took a break and realized that there was cake involved, and that he was going to get a piece of cake, oh everything changed.
The birthday boy!
For favors, "Go, Dogs, Go! and Puppy Chow
The cake
Eyeing the cake suspiciously
Still not convinced, even when everyone starts singing
Get me out of here, it's my birthday and I'll cry if I want to!
All is well now that I have a piece of cake. You guys should have told me that I would get cake!
Some videos from my day, there is a theme to this...food!
Foster is pretty fearless, diving boards, no problem, jumping from the couch no worries, but put him in front of an elephant, camel, or a hair stylist and he freaks out.
After cajoling, bribing I pad watching and eventually just holding him down, we got his hair cut, although a little choppy to say the least. John tried his hand at fixing it when we got home. Luckily his hair doesn't grow that fast.
Even though he is so many miles away, my cousin Alex and I still have a cousin-connection, like today when we both ended up wearing our matching tuk-tuk shirts on the same day. We miss you Alex and love your hair!
