Our life in a nutshell: Tristan's birthday #2

Unbelievable that Tristan is having his 2nd birthday already. Seems like yesterday that we were excited about his first one. Since this was his first birthday here in Idaho with the Watts family it was a big family event. We did a little party with games for the kids and all kind of fun prizes etc. Unfortunately I think Tristan had too much candy over the weekend (we were strict about candy intace in Vienna where he had pretty much none). He has been having fits and has been a very typical 2-year-old. And that on his birthday with most of his cousins around. Oh well, it can't always be perfect, especially not with toddlers.

Nana made home made root beer which was a BIG HIT as you can tell. Tristan was amazed by the steam the dry ice made and tried licking it. See for yourself.

After dinner and games Tristan opened presents. And my, did he get spoiled. Thomas and friends - the trains - are among his favorite toys. He received a train set from Opa last year for his birthday that we kept for him until just a couple weeks ago. He loves playing with it. "Auntie Cole" as he calls Nicole, got him a Thomas and friends DVD last year that got him hooked. So, for his birthday he got another train. He also enjoys "Cars", from the movie, so we got him a "cars" laptop because he always wants to play with our laptop. Now he has one for himself. He really loves any kind of cars. His auntie Amber got him a little downhill race track. See how spoiled he is being?

And Nana got him a little tricycle (without pedals) that he (and all his cousins) really loved.

Can you tell what his two favorite toys are?? Little wanna be multi-tasker!

Happy Birthday to you, happy birthday to you, ..... and he blew out both candles on his own.

Ok, we all know why Tristan is a chunk after looking at this pic. He eats anything he can get his hands on! Little did he know that he was actually supposed to eat the cake rather than the candle!