Milo playing in his favourite sand pit today...

C'mon mum help me!

Milo turned two today!

Milo is two! He woke up and was bombarded with cards and presents, and was probably wondering what it was all about. From his Uncle Jon and Auntie Caroline he got a lovely tin box with an elephant on the front (see pic) this was filled with English chocolates.. yum.., a bracelet, a cuddly dolphin and a tiger whistle. From his Grandparents in England he got a box set of 2 picture books, a big alphabet puzzle and a sticker book. Some money from his Auntie Dorothy in England, and from us so far he got two books, a selection of sand toys (he has a collection now) and a puzzle. We will need to rotate his toys now I think!
This afternoon we had a little party for him with a couple of friends and their children. Diana and her two girls, Naomi and Ava had bought Milo a couple of presents, and as soon as they walked in and Milo saw a handle sticking out of the birthday present, he was over there pounching on his.. his ultimate toy, a spade over half the size of him! He would not let it out of his sight, and if anyone touched it he lost it completely. (He has not learnt to share properly yet) But he was busy holding that till bedtime! When Philena turned up with Owen we had cake and ice cream.. (no customary jelly and ice cream like in England today) James made his birthday cake, with M&M’s for decoration, and the kids loved those! Milo couldn’t get enough of the vanilla ice cream with the cake. Philena had very kindly bought Milo “The very hungry caterpillar” with a little magnetic fruit pick up game with it. All in all he had a great birthday, even if he had no idea why he was getting presents and having two cakes within a few days of each other!

Opening presents with Grandma & Grandpa watching on the webcam..

Classic Milo expression

Not sure what this is, but it looks interesting!

Another spade..

Some more sand toys!

A great bracelet from his cousins

A metal tin filled with goodies from his uncle, aunt & cousins in England

The ultimate Milo present.. a giant spade

This is the best!

Diana, Ava & Naomi

I wont let it go

Looking so thrilled about another cake.. this one made by daddy

I want one of those

Naomi, Owen & Philena

Diana and Ava eating cake

This is too good

some more ice cream.. mmm

A family birthday party for Milo

Yesterday we had a family party for Milo's second birthday (his birthday is this Wednesday 30th) at James' mum's house in Gig Harbor. Despite having a cold, Milo had a great time playing in the sandpit, walking around with buckets and spades (his favourite toys right now) and walking very close to their swimming pool and generally not keeping still for more than two seconds. When it was time for the cake and singing Happy Birthday, Milo was typically nonchalant, but displayed more enthusiasm when eating some of the cake! He got an abundance of birthday presents from his generous grandparents, great grandmother, and aunt and niece and nephew, including a Thomas the Tank engine box set, with two books, (one with noise buttons and one with a cell phone) quite a few clothes, some sand toys, a cow noise light toy, a Tonka dump truck, a potty training board book, and a life size Diego!

Milo's favourite activity

Ann, Jim, James & Lynn

Missy & John

Bucket boy

Great grandma Betty, Milo, Sarah & Grandma Lynn

I cannot contain my excitement

I got my hand's on it

Bird mouth

This is good

Gimme that!

I can't get enough

Thomas book set

Hmm, what's this?