It's My Party....

On June 4, we had the privilege of celebrating Oliver's birthday with our friends here in Paris:

I spent the morning decorating cupcakes... Since I had found an adorable evite with a train, I decided to try to continue that theme with my cupcakes. Way too much work, but I thought they were cute!

The weather was lovely, and many friends came out to the park to celebrate with us:

We even got a couple of family pictures:

Even better, everyone wanted to play with Oliver!! (Great break for mom!)

Tiffany was a big hit with the bubbles:

Oliver found them particularly entertaining:

He also stared in utter rapture at the older kids playing soccer:

And made a beeline for the fresh dirt, of course:

I'm telling you, this kid was in heaven!

We tried to get a "kid" (+ Justin, who graciously joined them) picture...

A little tough to get them all looking at the same time:

We almost forgot Jude and Julia Kate (the one on the way), though:

Of course, we sang happy birthday:

And Oli got his first taste of cake... Like all food, cake was quite a hit with the little man:

Just as thrilling for Oliver was the gift opening:

He was focused:

Enraptured:

Intense:

And overjoyed:

Best of all, he gave everyone a round of applause when he was done!

He then climbed on top of his presents to declare his kingship:

By the end, we had one tired cookie...

But he had a blast, and he even sent out train-themed thank you notes the following day.

Oliver had fun and, most importantly, we all enjoyed celebrating the little blessing that he is!