For Kale's first birthday, we ended up having three separate celebrations - one with my family, one with Kris's family, and one with friends. Somewhere in the middle of that, we moved, our parental leave ended, and we hired a nanny. It was kinda insane.
So for Kale's second birthday, we decided to do our best to keep things low key, not do a party, and spend the day doing things Kale LOVES.
I ended up having a conference in Toronto from Thursday to Saturday, and so Kris and Kale came down on Friday and we stayed in the city until Sunday. Kris and Kale had a great time exploring the city (I'm going to nag Kris to post about this himself) and when I finished my conference, the birthday celebrations officially began!
We spent most of Saturday afternoon walking around a bit of Toronto and spending time at the hotel pool. Kale absolutely loves the water and as soon as we'd walk into our hotel room, he'd run to check if our suits were dry. Then he'd announce "swimsuits dry! Go in elevator to swimming pool!!" He'd then run through the lobby of the hotel in nothing but his swim trunks, inciting smiles from all the guests.
In the pool, he has no fear. He asked to jump from the edge of the pool into the water over and over and over. Kris or I would catch him as he jumped, until he told Kris one day "no papa catch Kale. Kale go under water." So Kris let him jump straight in and Kale went under and when he came up he announced "more! more!"
At the last minute, I decided to send out an email to some friends from the area to invite them for brunch at the Dakota Tavern. We've been there a couple times and you might remember be mentioning how they have a bluegrass band that plays and all the kids love to get up front and dance. Anyway, even though it was last minute, we were super happy that about 12 or 13 friends were able to make it - including some little friends, Holden and Seba.
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| Excuse the terrible photo's - it's super dark in the Dakota! |
After brunch we headed to Niagara Falls for the real celebration - at Great Wolf Lodge! I'll blog more about this next time....until then, I leave you with a picture of Kale and a talking tree that scared the poop outta him....
This is probably the best birthday weekend any two year old could have. Sorry we were so lame this weekend and only managed to get in 30 minutes of visit time. Let's try to plan a date soon and we'll come to Guelph.
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh, his new smile is just hilarious! Love the picture of him jumping to Daddy.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a perfect birthday!!!
I'm super jealous that you can get 12-13 people to show up via a last minute e-mail - that would take a month worth of planning around here. Must find more spontaneous friends LOL
This looks like the best birthday ever!!! Can you please message me your email address? Thank you and have a very happy weekend!!
ReplyDeleteI love what you said yesterday about my son reminding you of your son. Is it a boy thing? Or are we mothers to exceptional children? I love that Kale was fearless at the pool- we'll soon find out if my Buckaroo is the same. I have him a brand new life vest ready! We moms-of-2-year-olds need to support each other. Because I've heard 3 is worse. ;)
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Kale!! Looks like you guys had a ton of fun! Can't wait to see what else you did in Toronto!
ReplyDeletewhat more does a two-year-old need but good eats, a live band, a crazy waterpark, family and friends? you did an awesome job... so happy we could share in it :)
ReplyDeleteThat last picture is adorable. I just love the light on him.
ReplyDeleteCole is all about our pool. Since the wintertime, whenever we're outside, he asks to see the pool. Now that we've opened it, he asks several times an hour to see the pool. I keep telling him the sun has to heat the pool and then we can go in. But he doesn't care, he wants to go in NOW!