Ginger's 2nd Birthday Party

It is a tradition in the Slapinions household to hold each child's 2nd birthday at McDonald's, and make it an Elmo themed party. We held to that for the 4th and final such celebration. This year we kept it small: as Ginger doesn't have any friends her age outside of relatives, only family was invited.

Two things: you'll notice Ginger's a bit banged up for her shindig. Blame my folks, who allowed LuLu to 'walk' with her while wearing rollerskates.



Second, I'm a mess at these things. Have the party at a public venue, with people going in and out and you'll find me doing head-counts of the kids until your head spins. Thankfully, Lisa keeps my Nutty McNutterson routine (mostly) in check at those moments. My apologies to anyone who caught a whiff of my stress that day :)



It was a rainy day, and dang near everyone was horribly late for the party. So for quite awhile my kids just enjoyed the atmosphere.








McDonald's put up a bit of stink about us bringing in a second cake for the adults, but in the end they gave the ok.





Happy Meals were served for all





Then it was time to parade around the restaurant with noisemakers and instruments. I'm not sure why McDonalds feels this is a good idea for the rest of their customers, but okey dokey.









Then we played horseshoes







Here's my Ma



and my Dad



my wife's step-father



our nephew





Lisa and our niece



the kids enjoyed the tunnels






and then it was time to sing Happy Birthday and enjoy some cake











Later we lit the second cake and did it again for the latecomers!





then came the presents





(this one's from us)







It was a fun time for the kids, and a smidge bittersweet, as this will be the last 2nd birthday for us until the grandkids start toddling about.



Hope you had fun at your party Ginger!