Monday, August 10, 2009

Heidi's Birthday Party

Heidi had her 2nd birthday party on Saturday. It was much more of a success this year than last year. Last year she was sick so she didn't want to eat any of her cake. We missed out on that "dive into the cake" moment so we tried again this year. My mom bought a beautiful white cake with chocolate icing and we covered her in her art smock. She never did dive into the cake, but instead used her fork and ate a good amount of the cake.

The party itself was just ok. An August birthday is not the best time of the year for a birthday party here in Texas. We had the party at our house, but we don't have a very open house. It's a large house, but there's no "dead space" where people could gather and mingle. I would love to do an outdoor birthday party, like at a park or something, but it's just too hot. The only way an outdoor party would work is if we did the party early in the morning before it gets too hot.

I was so thankful that our families took the time out of their schedules to come to Heidi's party. I was sad that our friends from our small group at church didn't make it, but oh well... it's over now. I'm looking forward to Heidi's party next year and open to any ideas for a 3 year old's party.