Birthday Party

Q attended a party for Leah today, celebrating her 2nd birthday. Leah's Mom works with Katharine and was kind enough to invite Q to her party, held at the Little Gym. Q loved everything about it and was smiling and giggling the entire time, except when he was eating, even though he skipped the morning nap to attend.

Q wanted to check out everything in the gym. Here was a squishy mat that the larger kids could bounce on. Sitting worked for Q--for about 2 seconds.

Another spot that worked better for the bigger kids, a spring board.
Q couldn't make it move at all.

Q chasing bubbles with the birthday girl.

On the inflatable tumbling pad with Dad; still can't figure out this whole jumping thing.

Very proud to be hanging around.
He kept wanting to go back, but got tired enough that he couldn't hold on. Maybe he has a future on the monkey bars.

Walking the balance beam with Mom.

We had great fun with the parachute, even if holding onto the strap was not in Q's plan. We walked "round and round" while we sang The Wheels on the Bus.

Giant squishy bouncy balls were fun to play with and share.

Here Q makes a slight adjustment to the equipment before going back on the uneven bars. He hasn't found a knob yet that doesn't need to be turned.



Moving all the spots around, these giant circles are great fun.

After playing for an hour, there was singing, cake and snacks.

Q sitting at the table like the big kids, waiting patiently for any food that would come his way.

The pink icing was awesome. His fingers were dyed a great shade until I was able to get them under some water in the sink. He loved the cupcake, especially because it came before his sandwich and veggies, which he still ate.

As a bonus treat, Katharine shot this short video of Q Friday night, while I worked late. As you can tell from the cupcake shots, Q loves eating, but he is expanding his etiquette tricks to include utensils now too. Katharine shot this at dinner, with the sun shining in behind him. It gives a very angelic feeling to the video. She is thinking about enrolling in film school to expand the use of special effects.