"Choo-Chooooo"

The second birthday celebration was a success! More meatballs, finger foods and plenty of other snacks...plus, I baked a Boston Creme Cake! I am not much for baking (I prefer cooking), but I really enjoyed this. The adults had the cake while the kids enjoyed a pudding dessert (which I did not realize I was buying cook & serve pudding rather than instant...my poor pans! There will only be instant pudding in my future!)

The party was great, more Thomas the Tank Engine (I was corrected, thanks Will!). Aunt Wen Wen (she is trying to teach Colin to say that), Uncle E, Aidan, Alexei, Bill and Patty were all there. His cousins were sweet and showed him how to play with all of his new Thomas toys ("choo-choos"). Every morning now, Colin wakes up saying "choo-choo"! That or "Pooh". His room has a Winnie-the-Pooh theme and we recently hung up some Tigger, Pooh and Eeyore cut-outs above his crib. He loves them!!! When he points to Tigger he starts bouncing! Too cute! He also has a Winnie-the-Pooh lamp that plays songs and he wants to hear it before bed and when he wakes up! OK, got a little off topic...

He got some very cool gifts; a firetruck puzzle/toy, Thomas toy, cars, and a Thomas toy that shared his name Colin the Crane! I actually played with that toy, it was very cool!

So, at one point Colin showed Bill and Patty his dance moves to a song by Kool and the Gang. He loves that group and loves to dance. He also has started to sing with songs. We ended the night with Will and Patty entertaining Colin, while Bill and I discussed Bram Stoker and the interesting themes in Dracula...got to love conversations with Bill, so very interesting!

Thank you everyone! Colin had a wonderful birthday! He loved all the gifts (every one of them has had their fair share of playtime) and enjoyed having everyone over!