Derek turned 2 on Saturday and we had a great celebration with friends here! Along with his birthday we celebrated July 4th and tried to make it feel like summer as much as possible. Derek woke up pretty unhappy from his nap and cried the first hour or so of the party and wouldn’t stop crying unless I was holding him.
UNTIL…he got to eat some cupcakes and open his presents! Then he decided this whole party thing was worth it and perked up like normal. Thanks to all of our friends here that made his jungle birthday special! He loves every single one of his new toys (and so does Jake).
***Sorry for the lesser quality photos in this post. Wes’ camera wasn’t working right and then mine wasn’t either until the last minute. Thanks again, JM for taking pictures for us. You did a great job with our little point and shoot camera that finally started to work.
The lion CupCake and monkey cupcakes, too. (I did eventually find that food coloring since Jake’s party.)
Jake helped me with the monkeys. He insisted that one of them have arms.
Wes made a monkey to play pin the tail on the monkey, but then we ran out of time and forgot to play.
Family from Texas at the party via skype.
After cupcakes and presents we all paraded over to the park to kick off our 4th of July celebration with our first annual Home Run Derby! Pretty sure that was the first home run derby that park has seen.
We all had a blast and can’t wait to play again next year. Although Wes wants to play everyday and I’m sure would take anybody up on it who’s willing. After the derby Wes grilled burgers for us. And thanks to our teammate Stephanie, we had 2 half gallon tubs of Blue Bell ice cream for us all (that she scored from the Embassy)!
How could it be a complete 4th of July celebration without fireworks?? We didn’t think it would be too hard to find them. They were homemade and a little sketchy (as in when Wes went to buy them the guy said wait here, and came back with bundles in his and hand and starting wrapping them up in masking tape–NO JOKE). So, Wes took them to the roof to set them off instead of our backyard where they might have taken out a kid or two. All was well and they were LOUD. Our neighbors thought so too, since they called the police and Wes had to have a little visit with them. REALLY??! This is Peru, remember??! All in all it was totally worth it. Even though one of the last ones went off in our neighbors yard. It’s probably a good thing we are moving in a couple of months. :)
Click here for more pics from the party. And for pictures of the fireworks check out the Fletcher’s blog, because Stephanie got some good ones.
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LOVED the cupcakes!!! AND the priceless pictures of Mr. 2yr old, Derek!!!!!! You (and your little man helper , Jake!!) did a wonderfully creative “job” with the cake!! and the cupcakes! loved it! Know y’all had a great time–and the July 4th celebration in the park was a hit, I am sure! Thanks for all the great pictures! Take care~~
love and hugs to you all!
Thanks, Susan! We had a great time!