Lucy’s 2nd

I am usually the kind of mom who has birthdays planned out for months in advance.   I have also been known to go a little overboard with these kind of celebrations for my children.  Lucy’s 1st birthday was an awesome party but perhaps a little over kill for a child who won’t even remember it.  (Thank you Tammy for making all of the the little girls darling tutu’s and Annie for running our photo shoot area.)  After that extravaganza Taylor was not wanting make such a huge fuss out her Lucy’s birthday this year.  I actually saw the fear in his eyes as her birthday grew closer.  Since I am the kind of girl who likes to keep him guessing I decided to actually tone down her birthday and have a low key affair.  We had a little hot dog dinner at the local park with just family and a few close friends.  Shocking, I know.  It was actually a ton of fun just letting Lucy run around with her little cousins and buddies.  We had cupcakes and a piñata which are basically the easiest party tricks ever.  I had an accident with a piñata when I was a child that involved getting railed in the head with a piñata stick so I always purchase the piñatas that have the ribbons you pull instead of the kind you hit.  I thought by doing this I would be in the clear for someone getting hurt.  Not so.  Weston got smacked in the face when Taylor was spilling out candy from the opened piñata.   I had to include this cute pic of Lucy and her darling little friend Layla.  Susan (Layla’s Mom) is one of my favorite people and we were so happy that our kids love each other too!   A picture with my good friend Catherine is becoming a tradition for Lucy’s birthdays.  Her first birthday Catherine is holding her in most the pictures.  I must say that the party was fun and I sure didn’t miss the all the planning and work that go into a big party.  Most importantly Lucy was happy and felt the love of those close to us.