Brady Turns 1!

Today my baby marked his 365th day. Happy Birthday Brady! Saturday, we celebrated with a "Fingers and Hands" themed art party-our first event to incorporate organized activities, which included finger painting on two textures: shiny white poster paper, and foil paper, and making clay molds of the kids' hands(the hand molds also served as a fun memento for the mommies). Along with the catered food from Pat and Oscar's, we provided finger foods like PB&J sandwiches, goldfish crackers, fruit kabobs, and apple slices. We decided to do things a bit differently than we had in the past in order to make Brady's special day stand apart from Jonah's parties, and I believe that we were every bit successful. It was an experience for us all, and the children really seemed to enjoy the art fun. Another nice change was the weather. Usually we are near melting in the July heat, so benefitting from the soft breeze and cool temperature on a late morning in October was great. The sky was blue, the air was clear, and the sun was shining. It was a perfectly beautiful day for a birthday party. We topped the celebration off with a song and some cake and sent the kids along their way with personalized canvas totes filled with "finger" goodies.