WGL's Second Birthday

Grace, George and Lauren 

We celebrated William George's actual birthday quietly, with cupcakes following dinner.  Since his party was the next day, he was giddy after watching all of the preparations.  He knew ice cream (his favorite) was being made, and he saw his cake in production.  He and his sisters loved all of the decorations that were already on display.

Also, the girls were so excited on July 12th that they picked out their birthday dresses from their 5th birthday, and they accessorized with the purses George gave them when he was born -- going for a head-to-toe birthday look. They helped George celebrate all day long, and were so "into" his birthday.

After vacillating between Snoopy and Elmo, George decided to reprise the Snoopy theme from last year.  Unable to make up his mind about chocolate or vanilla, we simply went with a brown (pretend it's black... I couldn't get on board with black food dye) and white cake to go with our whole black-and-white Snoopy theme.

Not surprisingly, these girls were ready to party.

We're not sure which Gracie loves more... birthdays, parties or cake.  When she's old enough, she will likely say it's a trifecta of goodness.  William George, more than anything, loves having "Happy Birthday to You" sung to him .  He was positively euphoric each and every time we sang to him.

And because he loves it so much, we sang to him many, many times during his birthday week.

After enjoying all of his favorite things (i.e., "pizzie," and ice cream)(he opted to devour homemade ice cream instead of cake), he settled in for a present marathon.  Everyone was far too generous, and we thank you.

He got his own police car...

He got some new additions for his heavy equipment collection...

...Some new airplanes...

...an inanimate pet... many, many other toys... and some spending money!

After giving out thank you hugs and kisses, William George bid his guests goodbye, and then decided to burn a little energy by running around the deck.  He paused for a photo op with Lexie.

Lexie (who is recovering from a softball injury and the resulting surgery) took some selfies with Lauren...

...and Gracie...

The duo were in the mood to pose so I took the opportunity to capture their summer smiles.

One of George's favorite books is "Goodnight Moon," and, when he saw his birthday outfit (not to be confused with his birthday suit) with the red balloon, he shouted, "GOODNIGHT MOON!!!!"

George had fun at last year's party, but was understandably not aware that the party was actually for him.  This year?  He knew, and he loved it.

Happy birthday, George!