How We Celebrated

Since Shane's birthday was during a crazy week of testing for all the students, packing for me, and because he's only 2- we decided to just have a small little celebration at our favorite (okay, really only...) ice cream parlor in Dominica.  We went to dinner as a family at our favorite restaurant next door, then met a few of his friends at the ice cream parlor.  Everyone got their ice cream first,

Shane requested pink and was very excited about it,

and we brought a cake and sang to him there.  He was talking about having cake for his birthday for weeks, so this was a very exciting moment for him!

I think it turned out to be pretty fun and very low stress,

and my friend Jessie even brought a banner for the occasion.

It was nice to just hang out with everyone for a little bit and because we left two days later, Shane had a good excuse to give some of his favorite ladies and friends hugs and say some goodbyes

And I couldn't resist a little squeeze from this cutie either :)  Those cheeks still get me every time! 

Here are his little friends who came (L to R: Jaz, Matix, Keira, Hawken, Shane, and Norm). 

We sure do miss all these guys!