Whew! Celebrating a one-year old is hard work!
Mummy and Daddy wanted to celebrate Erik's first birthday in a special way. So Mummy stayed up into the wee hours baking infant/toddler friendly banana cupcake (basically, stripping out all the sugar and oil from the recipes and substituting with apple sauce instead). Both Mummy and Daddy took the day off from work to celebrate our little guy's special day.
Celebration @ School
We let Erik sleep in a bit more than usual and really just took our morning leisurely. Afterwards, it was off to a mid-morning / afternoon cupcake celebration at Erik's school. We brought in our homemade cupcakes and had Erik settle into the Toddler Room (where majority of his buddies are at). All the teachers helped out by serving the cupcakes, in 1/2, for each of the toddlers. Soooo cute!!
Erik wasn't really into the cupcake eating BUT all his buddies were! Some of them even ate more than their own 1/2! Hahahaha! Afterwards, it was out to the playgrounds again and Erik got to play with the toddlers, of course, with mommy and daddy in a safe distance. He felt comfortable and wanted to run and play with the other kids!
Birthday Shopping
After the 1 hour play time at school, it was off to a little birthday shopping. Mummy and Daddy felt that Erik needed some new tennis shoes since his current white ones were pretty much worn out (seriously, Erik put some mileage in those shoes!). So we got to hit a couple of kiddie stores such as Stride Rite, Osh Kosh, Carter's, etc.
Lunch with Mummy and Daddy
Then it was off to a local chinese restaurant for some grub! This is where our little Erik just conked out and slept for a whole hour to rest his energy up. He woke up about 3/4 way of our meal demanding for some noodles. Thus, we waited until he ate his share of yummy greasy noodles and had some egg drop soup too.
Off to the Zoo!
We went straight our local nearby attraction where its a toddler-kid park where the theme is based off of Mother Goose' nursery rhyme. Kind of interesting but a lot of the things were too big for Erik to try. But it didn't stop him! He went on a few slides, like Jack and the Bean Stalk slide, or Jack & Jill went up the hill slide, etc ...which he just LOVES!
He crawled a few tunnels and smiled at his parents lovingly. SIGH! Absolutely melted our hearts! He also got to see lots of farm animals like "The Three Little Pigs" (really, they weren't little at all!), some ducks swimming in the makeshift "river", Billy Goats, etc. Erik was pretty excited about that.
As if that didn't make Erik's parents tired enough, it was off to the zoo too! He got to see the pink flamingos and the new penguins! Of course, the main attraction wasn't really the animals...but it was the yellow toy truck that Erik LOVES to ride in. We finally got some change from a fellow zoo visiter and Erik got to ride his first truck all by himself!!
Now that makes a wonderful first birthday! Time with friends, teachers, and most important, parents! :o) hahahah!
Celebration @ School
We let Erik sleep in a bit more than usual and really just took our morning leisurely. Afterwards, it was off to a mid-morning / afternoon cupcake celebration at Erik's school. We brought in our homemade cupcakes and had Erik settle into the Toddler Room (where majority of his buddies are at). All the teachers helped out by serving the cupcakes, in 1/2, for each of the toddlers. Soooo cute!!
Erik wasn't really into the cupcake eating BUT all his buddies were! Some of them even ate more than their own 1/2! Hahahaha! Afterwards, it was out to the playgrounds again and Erik got to play with the toddlers, of course, with mommy and daddy in a safe distance. He felt comfortable and wanted to run and play with the other kids!
Birthday Shopping
After the 1 hour play time at school, it was off to a little birthday shopping. Mummy and Daddy felt that Erik needed some new tennis shoes since his current white ones were pretty much worn out (seriously, Erik put some mileage in those shoes!). So we got to hit a couple of kiddie stores such as Stride Rite, Osh Kosh, Carter's, etc.
Lunch with Mummy and Daddy
Then it was off to a local chinese restaurant for some grub! This is where our little Erik just conked out and slept for a whole hour to rest his energy up. He woke up about 3/4 way of our meal demanding for some noodles. Thus, we waited until he ate his share of yummy greasy noodles and had some egg drop soup too.
Off to the Zoo!
We went straight our local nearby attraction where its a toddler-kid park where the theme is based off of Mother Goose' nursery rhyme. Kind of interesting but a lot of the things were too big for Erik to try. But it didn't stop him! He went on a few slides, like Jack and the Bean Stalk slide, or Jack & Jill went up the hill slide, etc ...which he just LOVES!
He crawled a few tunnels and smiled at his parents lovingly. SIGH! Absolutely melted our hearts! He also got to see lots of farm animals like "The Three Little Pigs" (really, they weren't little at all!), some ducks swimming in the makeshift "river", Billy Goats, etc. Erik was pretty excited about that.
As if that didn't make Erik's parents tired enough, it was off to the zoo too! He got to see the pink flamingos and the new penguins! Of course, the main attraction wasn't really the animals...but it was the yellow toy truck that Erik LOVES to ride in. We finally got some change from a fellow zoo visiter and Erik got to ride his first truck all by himself!!
Now that makes a wonderful first birthday! Time with friends, teachers, and most important, parents! :o) hahahah!
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| Erik's First Birthday |
posted by Tabitha | 10:55 AM
1 Comments:
Sleeping in, cupcakes, shopping, trip to the park...
I think I want all that for MY birhtday! Happy 1st, Erik!
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