The Birthday Party!

We had the birthday party at Baldwin park in Manassas last Saturday. The weather turned out just perfect, not too hot and no rain, yeah!! It is a nice little place with picnic tables, a playground and lots of shade trees. Grandma was here to help plan, shop, and make food for the party which was great because it would have been a lot harder without her help. Thanks Mom! Plus, she stayed home while Abhi was still napping until the party so we could go and set up before guests arrived.

We ended up having a great turn out and lots of kids so the playground was great idea. Abhi did get to do some swinging and his usual investigation and picking up and eating mulch, sticks, and dirt. We had tons of food! We made way too much, but better than not enough. Plus we can live on it until we are off to India shortly...not much cooking! Just picnic fare; sandwiches, chips and dip, hummus and pita, veggies, watermelon and, of course, cake and cupcakes.

After eating and playing we gathered everyone up for singing. All the kids got party hats and noisemakers. Abhi sat in his highchair in awe while everyone sang, then when the noisemakers went off it scared him and he started crying. Poor guy, but the video is priceless! Keshav had to rescue him out of the high chair and settle him down before he would eat some cake. That did not take long and soon he was covered in green icing! Here is the birthday boy....


When we got home, we ran into our neighbors Teri, Ajia, and Eli who did not make it to the park. They had us come over for more bday celebrations since they missed out. More singing and cupcakes...and finally a glass of wine for us! Abhi had more bday cupcake, this time he covered himself in yellow.
It was a wonderful day of celebration with lots of friends!!! We can hardy believe a year has already gone by! Our little boy is growing up fast. We only hope the years to come are as wonderful as the first!!!