birthday redux

We've waited a few weeks for him to get healthy, and last night we gave Max his own little birthday celebration. In sharp contrast to his actual birthday, this time he was happy and interested in what was going on. And he ate a ton of cake!

He liked checking out the cake while we sang to him.



Then he got interested enough to stick his fingers in the frosting. (Note Liam happily egging Max on.)



Daddy makes a handy taster to make sure this new food is good:



And then it was off to the races with his very own giant piece of cake!



Of course, I took a few little videos of Max enjoying his cake. To view them, click here. After cake, the boys each opened a present (Mega Blocks for both of them). Max didn't really seem to care too much about opening his gift, but in typical 2-year-old fashion, Liam made up for it with his enthusiasm for gift-opening. And afterward, they both loved making towers together with their new blocks. A happy ending!