Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Erik's Birthday Party

A few weeks ago we attended a Birthday BBQ for our friend Erik. He just turned two. Holly had a blast playing in the back yard with all of the big kids.We think we may have a future soccer player in our midths. She wanted to jump into the middle of the game with the big kids, but they did a really good job of watching out for her while they were playing.She wanted to explore and be in the middle of all the action which is her way. She is such a busy active little girl.The big kids would kick the ball towards the goal and then Holly would run and chase after it.The only problem was the Birthday Boy himself. He was a little precocious just turning two and all, and he didn't like to share. Holly would run after the same ball or toy as him, and he would push her out of the way.She didn't get hurt or anything. So she was ok, but I had to keep an eye on her and keep her away from him.She had a few snacks, and Mommy had some cake and ice Cream which was yummy. Holly is such a strong little tot, she was trying to push the entire cooler, but I just gently redirected her.Here she is taking a break from all her playing. She filled up on her snacks, and was hanging out watching all the action.The little scratch on her head is from running into the side of the "train" at our park.After playing in the grass and running after the other kids, Holly took a break to walk up the stairs and into the house. We changed her, played with a few of the toys, hung out on the porch.
It was such a fun afternoon. We met a lot of different Mom's from our meet-up group and really enjoyed celebrating Erik's birthday with him.

1 comment:

joeld42 said...

Haha! great pictures. It looks like she's mowing the field and bringing out the soccer balls for their game.

She wasn't trying to get in the way of the player -- she thought she was their coach. :)