So when it came to deciding what to do for his birthday, there was no decision to make. I knew it would be trains. Now, when my kids turn two, I think they're still too young for a party with friends so we always just have a little party with the family. No big deal. Still, I try to make it a special day. Here are some of the things we did.
We swam in the pool. You might ask what this had to do with trains. Nothing. We just did it because it sounded fun/cool. And it was!
I just posted three pictures of us swimming because I hardly have any others from this day! I am looking at my pictures in shock because I can't believe I didn't take more. *sigh*
That means I'll just have to explain it to you.
This was Brandt's cake, made following an idea from familyfun.
And just for fun I got a roll of wide masking tape and made "tracks" from our front door all the way around out kitchen island. I placed a covered card table over the tracks to make a "tunnel". Brandt and the other boys had a blast hooking up together to make a long train (Mitch and I joined in too, of course) and making our way around the track. Everyone took a turn being the "engine."
I had prepared this egg carton train craft, which my boys all had fun with. Brandt, was to young to join in the crafting, but he had fun playing with the finished product!
After gifts, I presented each boy with a "ticket" to the train at a local park, where we would take the boys that weekend.
The day we rode the train I tried to get Brandt to wear an engineer's hat for the train ride but he would have none of it. That's okay. The train ride ended up being a lot of fun, even though it was hot outside. The train even went across a little bridge and through a tunnel. Overall this was a simple, fun birthday party that made Brand't day special.
