We celebrated Sam's first birthday from the time we woke up Friday morning until we went to bed Saturday night. It was so fun! We did a party with just the four of us on Friday and then had a party with Roy's side of the family on Saturday. Sam handled all the attention and excitement really well. He was so happy and loved spending time with the Zwahlen grandparents and three Zwahlen cousins. And of course, Abby being there was the icing on the cake. Sam adores his sister. For those of you who missed the festivities (which, really, is everyone who isn't a Virginia Zwahlen), what follows is the picture presentation of Sam's birthday weekend. We took tons of video too, but since it's 10+ minutes of video, we'll just share those with grandparents.
Friday Festivities:
All the presents from Freebairn relatives and our little family.
We were so excited to give Sam this ball popper. This picture demonstrates quite well Sam's initial reaction. Abby was thrilled and could barely sit still. Sam, on the other hand, wasn't even sure he wanted to be left sitting on the floor next to it. Now he's
warmed up to it and loves to chase the balls.
We ate cupcakes (with blue frosting, can you tell?). Sam dug right in.
Saturday Celebration:
We played "Pin the Wheel on the Car" with the four big cousins. Even Sam participated!
The results of the game. The two wheels closest to the right place were done by the two boys assisted by a parent and not wearing a blindfold. The other two were done by the biggest kids in attendance. Not bad!
We had spaghetti and meatballs for lunch, Sam's favorite meal (this week).
Sam's car cake.
Happy 1st Birthday, Sam!
4 comments:
That's a super cute car cake!! Did you make it? :)
happy birthday sam! that ball popper has been a serious hit in our house going on four kids now.
Cute pix of the kids, the cake, and the fun game, too. We enjoyed the videos, too. Happy birthday, Sam!
I love the ball bobber too. I saw it at a friend's house and I bought it because I liked it! :) We've had it for a while though, and the kids now put random things in it, things that get stuck, like the plastic golf balls from another toy. I can't even tell you how many hours I've spent trying to unstuck things....it's fun. :) :)
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