More birthday

Laurel had her official first birthday party today. (It was her third and final celebration of the week.) She had a whole cupcake to herself this time, vanilla with chocolate frosting. She spent most of her time just poking her finger into the frosting, and while she eventually put her finger in her mouth, she never picked up the whole cupcake and crammed it into her mouth. Since she hasn't had teeth for very long, we aren't in the habit of giving her big food items, so maybe she didn't understand what she was supposed to do? She was happiest when we broke off smallish pieces of cupcake for her, and she crammed those into her mouth with cries of enthusiasm.

I know she liked it, because when we finished up the last three cupcakes tonight, hours after the party had ended, she immediately recognized what they were and raised a ruckus until I shared mine with her.

Toward the end of the party Isaac started to get a little wild, ripping up wrapping paper and throwing it all around. When he began smashing a cardboard box with a mallet, I suggested he go outside and smash a pumpkin instead; we had one left over from Halloween that we hadn't carved. Then I thought he would enjoy driving nails into it first. He did.

Laurel's cupcake aftermath

Isaac hammering nails into a pumpkin