Jeremy's Birthday Party

After the Egg Hunt, we headed back to the house to prepare for the party. The festivities began at 3:00, with Grandma arriving first. Shortly thereafter, the rest of the clan showed up. We had a wonderful time with friends and family, and we even enjoyed having the deck opened up for a bit.

The highlight for Riley was Nana letting her
use her camera and take pictures.

Riley and Uncle Steve.

Uncle Steve and his girls.

Jeremy scoping out his presents.

Beautiful Bella.

We had a buffet-style dinner of sandwiches and other assorted side dishes. The kids had a great time playing, except for poor cousin Ethan who came down with a cold a few minutes after they arrived at our house.

The one picture of Ethan before he became ill.

We then opened up presents, and I had to remind Riley nicely that this was Jeremy's party, not hers. She tried to "help" open a few presents, but I was quick to stop her. Then it was on to cake. I felt bad because Jeremy wanted a "Race Car" party (a.k.a. Cars party), but I didn't have the time or energy to make him a cars cake. So I went with the stand-by--a nice homemade round cake. I did let him pick out the type of cake, though, and he chose yellow.

Jeremy's abstract cake--you can almost make out his name.

Post cake.

As always, we had a wonderful time with our friends and family. We don't get together nearly as often enough, but with both kids' birthdays about six months apart, it works out well enough.