Happy First Birthday Nathan!

Nathan was a lucky boy this year.  He got to celebrate his birthday twice!  Grandma and Grandpa came for a visit to see Noah's Battle of the Books competition, so we decided to have a little party for him while they were here. 

I wanted to give him a cake that was dairy free and delicious.  So I googled what would be a good recipe for that.  I came across a cake called "Wacky Cake".  It's a cake they made during the depression when things like milk and eggs were too expensive to use in cake making.  It's a delicious (and I'm not kidding) cake!

Nathan wasn't too sure about the flame on his cake.  We had just returned from dinner at the Japanese steak house, he had seen some seriously scary fire there and I think he was just a tad bit terrified of it being placed on top his cake.

He is crying from the trauma the lighted candle caused.

After cake Nathan played on the floor with some toys and the new wooden blocks grandma and grandpa got him.  He loves this stuffed snake.  He asks for him by making a "sssss" sound.

He got grandma with the snake and she collapsed to the floor.

Grandpa joined in.

This is the celebration we had for Nathan on his actual birthday.  Same wacky cake but with sprinkles on top.  My friend, Tricia, came down to celebrate with us.  We ate at Red Robin and Nathan loved it!  He had grilled chicken and mandarin oranges.  He ate the whole chicken breast!  They gave him a balloon and sang a song to him.  They even sang to Grace for her half birthday (which she was quick to inform them of).

He got some dinosaurs, a water table toy and a Thomas the Train bath toy.  He also got some bath toys from Tricia and two great books.  His Godparents sent him some little animals on wheels and a beautiful book.

He loved the paper the most!  Don't they always?

I didn't get photos of the first cake eating session, my camera battery died that time.  So I was glad to get this cake eating captured.