The Conclusion Of The Birthday Extravaganza

All of Logans birthday celebrations are finally over. We had so much fun extending his birthday until the weekend so we could enjoy it together as a family.

Saturday morning I made Logans birthday cake. It was a healthy recipe for an apple cake. It was more like an apple bread, but it was still pretty good. I made a sugar free cream cheese frosting too. The cake looked horrible after I tried to decorate it. I was trying to make it look like the rocket on The Little Einsteins. Yeah, that didn't work out at all. Therefore, there won't be any pictures of the cake itself. I was just glad this was his first cake that was going to get demolished, so it really didn't matter what it looked like.

We spent Saturday afternoon downtown. It was freezing cold. We bought Logan a baby sized disc so he can learn to play disc golf like his Dad. He loves it! Then we made our way over to Ben & Jerry's for Logan's first ice cream. I got him a little cup of vanilla. The kid loves that too! Gee, who knew that kids liked ice cream so much. He had a great time eating his ice cream & playing in the little car again. He kept turning the steering wheel & making friends with everyone in the store.

This is a picture of his first trip to Benn & Jerry's this summer. He was 7 months old. The difference in size is incredible!

The rest of the day wore us out & we didn't have any energy for birthday cake. We decided to save it for Sunday. Bill went to work that afternoon. He was going to come home for lunch & we would eat cake then. But Logan was exhausted & took a four hour nap. Apparently running around in circles while screaming wears a kid out. He was ready to go when Bill came home that night though.

We stripped him down to his diaper & let him run around in circles some more. Then I had to catch him to put him in his high chair. We sang him "Happy Birthday" & Bill helped him blow out his candle. Then the Little Man went to town on that cake. He had such a great time. He wasn't a fan of the frosting (I don't blame him), but he loved the cake. He was also very nice, making sure to share with his Dad, handing him handfuls to eat out of his hand. He also made sure to share with Kitty & Buddha, throwing cake on the floor for them.
After he got full, Bill took him straight into the bath while I spent the following hour cleaning the kitchen floor. Logan was on a combination of a four hour nap & birthday cake sugar high & didn't go to bed until after 10 pm. It was the perfect ending to the best first birthday a little boy could ask for (if he could talk).