Paxton's 2nd Birthday Party

We had a celebration at our house on Saturday.  Our little man turned 2.  Wow 2!  I am that mom who loves to celebrates birthdays and loves to see the ultimate joy on her kids faces when they are being celebrated.  However, I am also that mom who gets a little teary eyed and emotional as she watches her kid turn a year older.  Another year yielding independence from me.  Another year of changes.  Its all very exciting, really.  We had fun having friends come and celebrate him.  The theme of the party was "The Wheels Go 'Round and 'Round."  In honor of Paxton's ultimate love for cars.  He was thrilled!

I found some little wooden cars that the kiddos got to color with markers.And then they got to take those flashy cars and zip them down the ramp.   Paxton was one of the first to get his car out there zipping it down.

 And of course we had to have some sort of car cake right.  So here it was.  I think this is one of my favorite part about birthdays for my kids is thinking through the cake.  I love to think through the design and then of course what kid of cake.  This one is adapted from a  Momofuku Milk Bar recipe.  Its a banana cake layered with chocolate almond ganache and banana cream.  With a chocolate butter cream on the outside.  Probably one of my favorite cakes I have made so far.  Ok enough about the cake.  Paxton thought it was great too as he was pointing at it saying "Car!  Car!"  It was a hit he knew what the shape was on top!  Success!

 I think he realized that everyone was singing to him.  He then leaned a little bit closer to me with a little shyness involved.  So sweet!  For the candles I put them as tail pipes and thats what we lit.  It was on fire.  I mean just the candles were. 

 So much fun to celebrate Paxton boy.  He is truly a sweet little guy.  He has a gentle spirit about him.  As much as he loves his cars, he also loves his sister and wants to find ways to make her feel better when she is sad.  I am so blessed to have him as my son.  We certainly have a lot of fun with him and many sweet moments too.   Happy 2nd Birthday Paxton Boy!