Birthday

Yesterday was Noah's 2nd birthday. We had such a nice day. It was perfect weather here. Sunny and warm, around 80 degrees.
Our neighbors were having a yard sale. Noah really likes our neighbor Wayne. He followed him around all morning. Wayne lets Noah go behind the desk at the library and lets him help check in books. Noah gets such a kick out of it. Yesterday he rode his bike in their driveway, played soccer with Wayne's girlfriend, Pat. He was getting real good at kicking the ball around.
Later, Angie and Andy came over. Angie took care of Gloria while I made dinner. We ate dinner and then opened presents. Noah was slow opening the wrapping paper at first but then got the hang of it. He got Baby Einstein Flash cards, an alphabet puzzle, a Tee-ball bat and stand, Jo Jo's Dance mat, 2 dvd's, and some books. One of the books Angie got him has a night light in it. It's perfect for him to take to bed.
After presents we had cake. We tried singing Happy Birthday, but for some reason that seemed to scare Noah and he started crying. I guess we must really sound bad! Noah's cake had Elmo at the beach. He took the toy Elmo and fed him some of his cake. He got a little messy, but not nearly as bad as last year!
After cake, we put Gloria to bed. I thought after all the juice and cake Noah would be too wound up to go to bed, but Wally read him a story and he went right to bed.
And after all that, Mom and Dad got to enjoy themselves by playing a game and having a few drinks with Angie and Andy. We had a great time and a lot of laughs. It was a good day for all.