Luca Turns 2!

On Wednesday we celebrated cousin Luca’s 2^nd birthday at Aunt Kelly’s house.  It was a swimming party and all the 11 grandchildren swam.  It was probably the best day we have had to date swimming over there—in terms of all the kids being super into it, brave, no meltdowns, etc.   Even the 3 littlest (Tommy, Evelyn, Fiona) all really enjoyed the water.  And as far as the “big” kids go—we now have 8 kids jumping in!  Cal and Luca now both jump in the side of the pool and the other 6 are all now diving board jumpers!  The weather was 95+ degrees so we swam almost to 9:00 PM, pretty late for a work night!  Maggie jumped off the diving board 20-30 times I would imagine.  Only thing left to conquer for Maggie is the slide—she climbed up sat down and came back down the steps….and then said, “No, thank you.  Maybe next time.”

 The pictures aren’t the clearest—I think it had something to do with the humidity.

The 3 youngest boys hanging out

 

Cousin Train (Grace, Ella, Leyton, Maggie, Lauren)

Whale speedo for Tommy :)

Lauren and Maggie

Grace and Tommy

Tommy playing ball

Tommy and Luca

Luca was really sweet with Tommy and kept getting toys for him

Maggie flying off the side

Maggie and Lucy attempting to jump at the same time...Maggie counts faster than Lucy.

 

Me and Tommy

The first time she went off the diving board she jumped to Aunt Kelly in the water, after that she was hooked.  Long after everyone else quit jumping, Maggie was down there jumping by herself over and over again.

Tommy and Aunt Kelly

Cannonball!

1/2 the gang after swimming

Luca's bobcat cake

The eight bigger cousins

Happy birthday Luca!

The ice cream cake was a hit.  I think everyone but Maggie ate all of theirs.  Mommy and Tommy made sure Maggie's didn't go to waste.