Celebrating at MOA

Park at the Mall of America...

Zach's first time on the rides...he loved every part of it except when it was over!!

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We had dinner at the Rainforest Cafe... They sang happy birthday and Zach had a birthday sundae...that he wasn't interested in sharing:)

If you haven't been there, they have a "thunderstorm" in the rainforest every 20 minutes with dancing Apes...Zach was very impressed!

Birthday Party at School

Zach's teacher, Shelly, throws a party for every birthday...pretty sure her party was better decorated than ours! When we got there this morning, every wall was covered with Happy Birthday banners...then when I got there to pick them up, I saw the whole place with streamers covering the ceiling. (see pic)...it was really cool! I let her use my camera and she did a great job capturing his party at school!
Molly was there for the Party!

Zach with some of his friends (Ava, Blake, Trey & Samantha)...the twins Blake & Samantha are our neighbors.

Zach is 2 years old today!!

Mommy made Zach's favorite muffins (gingerbread) to breakfast and to take to school!! Had more basketball cupcakes tonight and Zach blew out his own candles!

Zach's 2nd Birthday Party

Let the games begin...let Zach's birthday week begin! Today, we had Zach's birthday party with friends and family!
We plan on celebrating Zach all week! He is my son and I think birthdays are a week long celebration. Tomorrow is his birthday party at school! Thursday, Mommy & Daddy are going to pick him & Molly up early to celebrate with some rides in the Mall of America! This all follows a great weekend of basketball (yeah Jayhawks!) and lots of playing outside with friends!

He has grown so much in the last year! In the last year, he has learned to walk, run, jump, talk and sing...where does the time go. Click here to see his birthday party last year.
http://babyzacharynelson.blogspot.com/2008/03/party-timezachs-1st-birthday-party.html

Some of my FAVORITE things...

Zach loves balls! He loves to throw...catch...kick...hold and run with balls. He knows which are footballs, baseballs and his favorite..basketballs. Tonight, he took a ball to bed with him when he heard the ball was tired. We just went in to check on him 2 hours after he fell asleep and here he is...still hugging his ball! Zach is like his parents and loves sweets! Particularly Cookies!! Oreos here just like Grandpa Hawk!

Celebrating our Hailey's birthday!!

Hailey is Zach's closest friend...they are 3 weeks apart and have grown into the best of buddies!

Helping Mom bake Cookies