Party at Knutsons'

Last Saturday, we had Jake's party at my parents' house. Everyone was there, except for Hailey. It was her weekend at her mom's. We were bummed she could not be there, but we knew we would see her the following weekend. My parents also decided to have the Easter egg hunt at the same time, since we were going to Joe's mom's house on Easter. It was funny to see Paige and Jake try to "find" the eggs. They needed a lot of coaching. Earlier in the week, my mom had the two in the living room playing with the eggs, to get them familiar with what they would be looking for. Of course, Jake always wanted to get the one Paige had. We were collecting the eggs in a duck Easter basket. This confused Jake because he kept going back to the basket and would pick out the eggs that had already been found. They did a good job!

We planned a head of time to have cake before presents, since Jake was so crabby at his last party. The theme of this party was Cars. Some of you know that when we were pregnant, our niece Hailey said we should name the baby Lightning McQueen (the main character in the movie Cars). I was very pleased with the cake from Cub, my all-time bakery of choice for cakes. Jake enjoyed this cake. We were waiting for him to really get messy. He needed some help from Jamie to make this happen. Overall, he stayed pretty clean.

After cake, we opened presents. Jake was somewhat excited. He received some swimsuits, some books, and toys. Jamie gave him a drum, maracas, a tambourine, and bells. Payback will definitely happen. We had turkey on the grill, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, and fruit salad for dinner. Jake ate a lot of turkey, but was not a big fan of mashed potatoes, which surprised me. It was a great day for us to celebrate with family.

Jake is patiently waiting to see his Grandma and Grandpa Deters and Haley and Ben, so he can celebrate one more time!