What a weekend it has been! Thankfully it's a 3 day weekend so we can use today (Monday) to recover from all of our festivities!! Jack and Bella turned 2 on Saturday, September 5th. On Saturday we went to the Kansas City Zoo with our friends Bart, Jenny, Chase and Maia. Fun times were had by all. We got to see LOTS of exciting animals including sea lions, elephants, lions, monkeys, rhinos, zebras and giraffes. The weather was perfect and by the time it was all over Jack and Bella were snoozing in their strollers. Yesterday was party day at our house. Family came from near and far to help Jack and Bella celebrate such a wonderful day! Since Jack and Bella love Nemo so much we opted for a Nemo themed party. Nemo things are hard to come by anymore so I had to order everything online aside from the cake! We had plates, napkins, balloons, stickers and temporary tattoos for the kiddos! Bella has 2 tattoos on right now and keeps showing them to me "Mommy, turtle. Mommy, Nemo." We celebrated the day with some delicious Greek food and homemade ice cream and cake. Popi and Nana made the Greek gyros, Greek salad and Greek potatoes and then Grandma and Grandpa Norgren brought homemade vanilla and homemade cookies & cream ice cream from Iowa! Delicious! Jack and Bella are blessed to have so many good people in their lives who brought lots of hugs, kisses and presents with them when they came yesterday. We cannot thank any of you enough!! You all made the day so special. Highlights for Mommy and Daddy were bonds for college, of course, and the clothes they can wear this fall - which seems to be coming sooner than we would like!! Jack and Bella were very excited about their new "cycles", cars, dress up clothes and crown (!!), shopping cart, a giant basketball hoop and the list goes on and on! Nathaniel said yesterday "Well, if it wasn't official already, it is now - they have taken over the house!" Thank you to everyone for coming and sharing in our special day. We cannot believe they are getting so big!!
A lion at the zoo.
Jack, Bella and I by the flamingos
Watching the sea lions!! Very exciting!
Playing in the yard at her party!
Very interested in his new tiny Elmo
Bella and Grandma Norgren with another tiny Elmo
Aunt Tina shows Jack the Nemo balloon. He loved hitting it!
Popi making the gyros. Notice the apron!!!
The spread: gyros, Greek potatoes, fruit and Greek salad
The cake!!
Jack and Bella with their cake!!!
Bella's "cycle"!
Jack's "cycle!"
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