birthday recap
Sincere apologies for taking a week to update you on nicolas' birthday. the next day and the rest of that week got completely crazy with work and other commitments.
but i'm thrilled to reflect here and let you know we had a fantastic time. the weather was perfect, city park's amusement park looked beautiful and wasn't even that crowded, and nicolas got to enjoy some quality time with his grandparents, classmates and some of our friends' kids. all in all, we couldn't have asked for a more perfect way for him to celebrate his 3rd birthday.
despite the almost neon, stubborn blue icing that just wouldn't wash off (think lady macbeth at a kids' birthday party), the cake from Robert's (that's RO-bears for any non-New Orleanians reading this) was delicious, or at least that's what everyone told me - they don't make vegan cakes, so i was out of luck on that one.
and even though nicolas specifically requested a chocolate cake, he seemed pretty content with just the icing:
but the best part of his birthday had to be hanging out with friends, like his buddy harley:
and his classmate sophia. who not only rode motorcycles with him:
and made him feel special on his birthday:
but also gave him his first official kiss from a non-relative or caretaker:
which elevated her to one of nicolas' favorite people in the world now. maybe i'm biased, but she is hands down one of the cutest (and sweetest) kids i've ever seen in my life.
not convinced? check out how she led our shy little nicolas over to the airplanes so they could ride them together:
all this fun culminated in, what else?
the tugboat dance:
FYI: the "tugboat" is a ride at the park that rocks back and forth - nicolas mentioned that he would ride it when he's five (assuming he's tall enough), but until then, he's come up with an interpretive dance of the ride.
but i'm thrilled to reflect here and let you know we had a fantastic time. the weather was perfect, city park's amusement park looked beautiful and wasn't even that crowded, and nicolas got to enjoy some quality time with his grandparents, classmates and some of our friends' kids. all in all, we couldn't have asked for a more perfect way for him to celebrate his 3rd birthday.
despite the almost neon, stubborn blue icing that just wouldn't wash off (think lady macbeth at a kids' birthday party), the cake from Robert's (that's RO-bears for any non-New Orleanians reading this) was delicious, or at least that's what everyone told me - they don't make vegan cakes, so i was out of luck on that one.
and even though nicolas specifically requested a chocolate cake, he seemed pretty content with just the icing:
but the best part of his birthday had to be hanging out with friends, like his buddy harley:
and his classmate sophia. who not only rode motorcycles with him:
and made him feel special on his birthday:
but also gave him his first official kiss from a non-relative or caretaker:
which elevated her to one of nicolas' favorite people in the world now. maybe i'm biased, but she is hands down one of the cutest (and sweetest) kids i've ever seen in my life.
not convinced? check out how she led our shy little nicolas over to the airplanes so they could ride them together:
all this fun culminated in, what else?
the tugboat dance:
FYI: the "tugboat" is a ride at the park that rocks back and forth - nicolas mentioned that he would ride it when he's five (assuming he's tall enough), but until then, he's come up with an interpretive dance of the ride.
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