Birthday Madness - part 2

A couple days after Zola's birthday we had a small party at our community pool. Here is the awesome cake I made Zola. She loves construction equipment and yelled, "BACKHOE!" when she saw it.
















The three of us at the pool.















Zola eating dirt.















The happy remains.















This is our friend Grace who also had a birthday. She wanted a cake with water so I gave her a pool party - with flaming umbrellas and all.

Birthday Madness - Part I

Zola turned two on Thursday (Aug. 13). Here are some images from the madness that went on. (As usual, click on any photo for a bigger image.)



Zola loves fruit-snacks or, as she calls them, "treats." Here she's enjoying her birthday Mickey Mouse treats.




Mimi and Ed sent some books and a really fun memory game. Zola has played it pretty much non-stop for the past three days.

("Thank you, Mimi and Ed.")



[Action Photo]




After naptime, we headed out to the park for a picnic and some playground time. Rhett and Kim swung by and we all enjoyed cupcakes. Zola practiced blowing out candles all week, and she did pretty well when it counted. (I especially love the red-slide photo. It seems arty to me.)















After the park, Zola retreated to her castle for a little relaxation time. It's cool being 2.

Pop Art Zola

I know, I know, we need to post our pictures from our awesome summer vacation. They are coming, but check these out in the meantime. (Courtesy of Rhett and Kim)