Pinata time

Harrison's 2nd birthday party

We celebrated Harrison turning two at Daan Park on Sunday, September 20. Those in attendance: Harrison (a given!), myself, Ryan, my sister Tiffany, Cha Ye -Ryan's friend, Nestor and Karina - our coworkers, and their daughter Camille.
Here is a glimpse of some of our fun!

Tiffany, Ryan, me, and Harrison

Karina and Nestor with baby Camille

Cha Ye, me, and Tiffany doing our Taiwan pose

Cha Ye got Harrison a book with blocks and pictures of shapes you can make with them.

Harrison loved his cake. I bought the box of cake mix a week before the party and all through the week Harrison kept getting it out and asking for "day day" which means birthday.

I made the pinata and Harrison was so excited! It turned out to be more than he could handle though, and aunt Tiffany had to cut a hole in the side so he could break it open.

birthday song and Sabbath school

Harrison is so excited about his upcoming birthday. He talks about it everyday. He practices for the big day by blowing out our candles. He carries around his wrapped presents saying "day day!" which means birthday. The above photo is us getting ready for church yesterday morning.This summer I decided we needed something better for the offering time. Up to this point we have used a small brass bowl that one of the kids would carry around so the others could dump their change into it. So, my super great mommy got this fun giraffe-shaped bank for our class. The kids absolutely love it. On the Sabbaths that our organist is running late we get down the giraffe and start Sabbath school with taking up the offering, which takes quite a while now since they do one coin at a time instead of a handful at a time. But I am happy about that; with this age group time fillers are great, especially when they are all involved and enjoying it.
Harrison played on the large lion stuffed animal after class while I put things away.


Ryan and Tiffany came to Sabbath school this week to help sing happy birthday to Harrison.