Brayden's 2nd Birthday Party

For Brayden's birthday party this year, we had it at our house. We invited some of his friends over for pizza & cake. We had a great time just hanging out and celebrating his birthday.

Family pic (Note to self: Next time, make sure the balloon doesn't look like it's growing out of his hair. Ha! Photography 101)

All the kiddos

It was amazing they stayed somewhat on the couch together!

The Krugers - Matt & Julie with Kelsey

Emily & Cate Woods

Erika with Brayden

Ben...enjoying his cupcake

Olivia was really enjoying that chocolate cupcake!

Birthday Boy!

Priya

Erin with Lucy

Jett - LOVE that smile!

Elephant Pinata time! We got the kind that you pull strings... the right string will release the candy. Perfect for little ones!

WOOHOO...the candy fell!

Brayden picked up one lollipop, and all he cared

about was opening it to eat. He just stood there in the middle of

all the candy on the floor, trying to unwrap it. Ha!

Intense look...he's got his (4) lollipops, and he is happy!

Cake time...this was the birthday boy's

lion cupcake!

Digging in...

(Reminds me of last year)

YUM!

Opening presents...I never have experienced anything like this. Brayden loved opening the presents. He wanted to play with every one though and was upset when we made him move on to the next present. So, we would set it aside and one of the kids would go and pick it up to play with. Ha! Also, all the kids crowded around super super close wanting to see and help open all the presents. It was bizarre. Pretty funny how kids act at this age. Oh, the realm of toddler-hood!

He got so many fun things to play with. One of his new toys were the little matchbox Hot Wheels cars. He carries them all around with him, lines them up on the ground or table and lets them fly down the track that his Daddy bought him. So fun!

After the party was over, he crawled up on the couch and pulled the blanket over him. I think he wanted us to know he was ready for bed.