Grand-baby shower and Turning 2

Saturday November 21 certainly was a busy day. My friend Julie and I hosted a luncheon for a mutual friend who is going to be a grandma. We all are so happy for her.
Lunch is being served and Julie is calling to the table.

I admire Julie and her way of doing things the perfect Southern Lady style. We all had a great time.

Baby-girl will be so loved by Barbara and Rob and many friends!

I did have to rush home though. James and I had to be on our way across the river. Time to celebrate Caleb's 2nd birthday.

Sarah had put a lot of thought into this. Both of my girls are masters in their children's birthday parties and I keep marveling at them.
The book "The little blue truck" was the inspiration for this. It's one of his favorite. Sarah found a used black truck for $20 on eBay and painted it. Took it totally apart and did a great job. It was a huge success.

Friday we had made signs for "Reserved Parking" and the "Petting Zoo" (because of the animals in the book). The animals balloons could be taken for a walk on the leashes. Including Caleb there were 4 toddlers.

You can see that the pot of chilly and the potato bar had been well-liked.

But Caleb kept asking for a cupcake and now the time had come.

Oh yes: VIDEO 1
and VIDEO 2

Time to open presents. This one is from Auntie Helen and family. Since they could not be there I took videos for them.
VIDEO 1

Helen had hit the jackpot. After all the gift-opening he wanted to look at this book again.
VIDEO 2

And then he took it to his Mommy for some more.

We always enjoy meeting Wade's family too and this time even Nana, his grandmother, had come (Caleb's great-grandmother). But we had to leave because there was still one more event for us that day. James and I have season tickets to the Richmond Forum. These are very hard to get these days and there are only 5 lectures in each season. As always it was great and well-worth. Back home after that late in the evening we had to sit in our living room for a while with a scotch to "digest" the day.

We are so blessed. Thank you, Lord.

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