The Clinton Clan

Since we already did the big party thing we planned only to do a cake for Wesley's birthday--the traditional 1-year-old makes a huge mess eating cake. Wesley's birthday fell on a Sunday (we don't shop on Sundays), after I came home from church I got my funfetti cake mix out and preheated the oven. I went to the fridge to grab the eggs...only to discover that I was out of eggs! What kind of mother doesn't have cake for her only son's first ever birthday cake?! In a panic, we called our cousins and asked them if they would save us and bake a cake. We told them to hold the frosting (we would bring our own non-dairy frosting per Wesley's allergy).
Here's our festive birthday cake!

Here's Wes getting sung to and blowing out his candle.

Now let's see if he likes the cake!

Ehh...not so much...

but it sure is fun to play with!

This is his "yucky food" face. ("Please, no more!")

My Wesley-boy is 1 year old! We had a big party just for our special boy!
The theme was...Cookie Monster

Do you kinda see it here?


Our tradition for first birthdays is Korean BBQ at the park with family and a few friends.
We tried to keep the kids entertained by many means.
1.) We decorated cookies (get it? because the theme was Cookie Monster? get it? get it now?)


2.) We played at the newly renovated playground. (Isn't he so sweet?! He loves the swings!)


3.) Pinata!

(Cliff got a little excited dumping the candy and as a result there were a few pinata casualties...don't worry kids, from this day forward, Cliff has been permanently relieved of all Pinata duties.)


4.) We ate cake!

Here's the traditional Korean Rice Cake

This is Wesley's Non-Dairy Birthday Cake. (Poor kid has no idea of what he's missing out on!)


We entertained the grown-ups by letting them all take turns holding this cutie-pie!


Can you believe that near the end of the party, this scrumptious little boy had a mild fever and began acting grumpy?! (It was teething--he cut his first molar.)

Oh my, this year has gone by too fast! Where'd my baby go?!

Lacy's school had a bikeathon fundraiser. Lacy got a new bike just for the occasion. (We've been thinking about getting one for a while, the bikeathon just pressured us to jump on it.)

She's pretty slow--but it was so cute!


Here she is helping her buddy get ready before the start. (She TOTALLY gets how important it is to have good girlfriends!)


"Action" shots


Lacy's Cheering Squad


A refreshing treat for all of her hard work :D

Dear Cliff, Lacy, Anjali, and Wesley,

Thanks for the flowers and the royal treatment all weekend! I love you so much! You are my everything!

Love,
Mommy (Leah)