Koen is 2! He turned two at 4:39 this evening, and I'm so disappointed I forgot to look at the clock and be sentimental about the time. I was too busy preparing for our little family party tonight. We celebrated with a monkey theme. I didn't go too over the top this year, but did do a cute little monkey cake (banana flavor, of course) from Martha Stewart. Koen's eyes lit up when he saw it. He loves cake - and rarely gets to eat it! Grammi, Great-Grammi, Grampa, Aunt Laurie, and Great-Aunt Carrie joined us for burgers and fries. We were also celebrating Keith's birthday that is later this week - so the menu was his choice.
Although this was a little party, our little place seemed very small tonight. We squeezed around the table and enjoyed the food (all except Koen who had already filled up on olives, and was saving space for monkey cake). Koen enjoyed opening the gifts (family spoiled him!!!), but when I decided to get one out of the box, he only wanted to play with it and not open the rest of the gifts (oops- Mom error!). So, we stopped for cake. He and Papa enjoyed blowing out their candles. We had to relight them for more photo ops :). Koen had a few bites, and seemed to enjoy the cake (especially the chocolate frosting), but he quickly decided he wanted to go back to playing with his new toy. He enjoyed playing with Grampa while the rest of us finished our cake, and then finished opening his gifts.
I was really amazed at how well Koen related to everyone tonight. With our prompting, he would say thank you to everyone, and give them a hug. I think he did a really good job at making everyone feel loved. He is such a social boy! And I am so thankful for our family, that loves him so much.
After everyone left, Koen immediately climbed back up to the table and finished his cake. That's a lot of sugar for a little boy to eat after bed time! We brushed his teeth well tonight, and put him down. He actually fell asleep quickly. I think all the stimulation exhausted him!
I have been so blessed to be Koen's Mama. He is a joy, and it's fun to see more and more of his personality come out. Here are some pictures of the festivities:
Playing with Grampa and the favorite toy of the evening
Thanking G-Aunt Carrie
Koen with Aunt Laurie and Grammi
A new pillow from Grammi - Koen trying it out
Monkey cake before
Monkey cake after (not so happy about losing that ear!)
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Happy Birthday Koen and Keith!
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