Lucy's First Birthday

Our friend Shelly, who I've written about on this blog before, had a birthday party for her little girl Lucy's first birthday. Since we worked 'through the glass' from each other through her pregnancy, and we both talked incessantly about either Liam and Morgan or her babe-on-the-way (I was one of very few early on to know that Shelly's baby would be a girl), we also talked about those future play dates between ours and hers, and how much we were looking forward to watching them grow up and, with any luck, becoming friends.

I've probably mentioned this before, but whenever I think of Shel, I always think of how the sun shines out of her face when she smiles. Truly a genuine person and genuinely lovely woman.

Now, Liam and Morgan had had their own 'home-based' birthday party with wonderful guests, but Shelly's party for Lucy was more of an event. It was at a really cool Daycare/Playroom in her home community of Milton, and there was a ton of cool stuff for the twins to do.
This is Janne with the twins and Shelly's Mom (from whom Shelly obviously got her lovliness), in the "Ball Pit". (Getting out of the Ball Pit for an adult, by the way, is actually pretty tough. Takes some doin'.)

Actually, Shelly's Mom has also volunteered to sit with the twins to give Janne and I a night out. She had a great time with them, as they did with her. She makes a lovely grand-mom, and Lucy has become a joy in her life, and she's the kind of woman who's very deserving of joy in her life. Personally, I can't wait to take advantage of her generous offer.
More of the Ball Pit with Dad and Liam. Liam liked being up to his neck in there. Me, they had to lift out with a crane:

Here's Shelly's cute little birthday girl, Lucy:

Here's Liam and Morgan at Lucy's table sharing in the festivities and Elmo party hats:

Liam and Morgan both loved the little cars in the Play Area. Morgan, just like her Mom, with her arm hanging out the window - probably would've had the radio cranked if the little plastic buggy had been equipped with one:

Liam, just like his Dad, has a rather intense look on his face when he drives:

This next one is my favourite pic of the bunch, I think. Being a regular 'feeder' of my children every morning, I know there's one thing they like to do that's even more fun than making a mess of their food on themselves, and that's making a mess of their food on their parents. Here's a great example of Lucy gettin' crazy with the icing from her cake, and how great Shelly looked wearing it:

Lots of fun all around. This last picture is Shelly's husband, Anthony, holding Liam and Morgan while dressed as the tallest Elmo in captivity. Actually, Anthony is a very good Elvis impersonator, so he could have been called Elvismo...but I digress. Liam seems to have figured out that it's not really Elmo, and is trying to identify who's in there through the little holes in the mouth, while Morgan has a very definite "This is not how you hold the princess" look about her:


Next post - 'walking' pictures...