Par-tay, toddler style

We take birthdays very seriously around here.


We have balloons.


Besides family, we invite the same number of friends as years we are old, so the LG's two best friends came to his party. They brought their parents.



The birthday boy gets to have his favorite dinner, so we had tacos. (Brennan takes his sour cream very seriously, too.) Everyone over 5-and-a-half-feet tall also had margaritas.


We have family from across the country join in using Skype! The LG opened his presents from Mimi and Poppy while they watched. Then Granma Cooper and cousins Alex, Emma and Lili sang "Happy Birthday" before he blew out the candle on his pup-pake (that's cupcake in toddler-ese).




Those pup-pakes were dish-us.

Time for Whitney's dad to read a story...


... to open a present from Granma Cooper...


... and to turn that present into a drum and start a jam session.


Even though the official day isn't until Tuesday, happy birthday, Ryan. You're the best.