A birthday bash...

Over conference weekend we threw a little party for T-man's big day. We were lucky enough to have my dad and brother in town to help celebrate, and loved having Trevor's parent's, sister, and both sets of grandparents there to join us.

The song "You are My Sunshine" has always been one of Thompson's favorite, so we chose that for the theme of his party.

We had soup and grilled cheese -- Thompson's favorite -- as well as lots of other delicious fall food and treats (even though the weather was most definitely not fall).

After chowing down, Thompson got to open all his presents. He was pretty interested in his first one, a book, and didn't want to open any others.

With a little help, we got through the rest eventually. Well, mostly. We still have one we decide to save for Christmas because a.) he didn't seem to care enough to unwrap it and b.) his family was so generous that he had plenty of new toys to keep him busy.

 

After presents, we moved on to cake. Despite the fact that he has never really had much more than a few random bites of sweets in his life, I made him his own mini cake and was fully prepared to let him eat as much as he wanted.

Unfortunately, by the time we got to the cake, he was getting a little tired. He had 3 molars coming in at once, and hadn't slept in like 2 weeks. (Or that's what it felt like for all of us).

Sadly, this sleep deprivation translated into complete disinterest in eating cake, even when we tried to force feed him.

Despite missing out on his one and only opportunity to eat as much cake as he wanted (at least for one more year), we had a great time and Thompson is LOVING all of his presents. Thanks to all our family who made it a great day!