the birthday continues

Mister A is following in the fine tradition set by his Auntie Megan- the one where birthdays have a way of lasting much, much longer than their allotted 24 hours.  (So if you're sick to death of posts about birthdays and California and cupcakes, and incessant pictures of the aforementioned, take a break today.  We return to Austin tomorrow and soon enough I'll be posting once more about ... uh ... whatever it is I usually post about.  I've sort of forgotten what with all this vacation fun and cupcake diet.) Yesterday, we had his "official" party.  Nothing big, since I'm in the "save big expensive bashes for when your kid will remember them" camp- just the family, a few dear friends, yummy food, and a generous pile of very thoughtful gifts. 

You'll be shocked to learn there were cupcakes. 

Where from, you ask?  Mister A will tell you.

His Highness awaits the party in his honor.

Then there was singing, which he found a bit embarrassing.

And we decided Mister A would look more festive this way.  (Since party hats are obviously not an option- this boy does not do hats.)

Then his hands got messy.

So he used Auntie Megan's hair to clean up.

Then, there were presents and pictures and the party came to an end.

A with Grandpa.

My WCBFF (that's west coast BFF, in case you don't speak tweenspeak) C, and her sweet baby A.

A's favorite Cali girl, A.  (She's beyond adorable.  Those eyes!)

A video of the birthday song.

And another video from his actual birthday.

That's all from the coast, my friends.  (Insert my sad pouty face here.)  We fly home tomorrow and as sad as that is, the cooler Texas temps I see on weather.com are making it a little easier to deal with.  If I had to return to 100 degrees, I'd be on the phone right this minute with JetBlue canceling our tickets indefinitely.  But alas, there's much to look forward to back home as well.  It's fall decor time (look out Hobby Lobby, here comes big mama!), Lauren's sure-to-be-awesome wedding is fast approaching, and my DVR is probably going to explode from all the fabulous fall programming it has to work with this week.  So I'll deal.  Not sure how Mister will respond when he finds out there won't be daily birthday cupcakes back home, though.  Yikes.