Allison's 2nd Birthday Party

This is a photo of a little boy who decided to push his mommy's buttons. It was subtle, and unfortunately I let him get the best of me. It's sad when you act the same age as your child! All that to say that I literally took 6 photos of this little girl's birthday party (which is a first by far for Shani standards). It was at the Children's Museum, and Justin did not want to obey like every good little boy should. The irony is that a few ladies at this party are doing a biblestudy with me on disciplining your child (I'll post more on the book later, but every mother of 2-3 year olds should purchase Don't Make Me Count to Three by Ginger Plowman). Kids really know when to put the pressure on when us mommies want them to "perform".

Birthday girl Allison. Only photo I took of her with the cake. All of a sudden in my view finder I see a little boy in a brown shirt coming over to blow out the birthday girl's candles. If you remember, that same little boy likes to put a candle in his food and sing happy birthday a few times a week. I've never moved so fast as I put my camera down, grabbed this unnamed little boy, and let the poor birthday girl have her shining moment.

The fun favors.

Lots of lessons learned on this day, mostly my yours truly. Children will catch you off-guard at the most random times. I shouldn't take it personally and I shouldn't return the lovely behavior....