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Luau!

Alex's First Birthday Luau was a grand success.

First of all, he looked just fantastic in his Hawaiian shirt and mini lei. Many of his friends got into the spirit of the occasion as well, and dressed the part. His godparents supplied several great CDs of Hawaiian music to lend the perfect ambiance. Alex even received a telephone call of birthday wishes from the Hawaii during the party. Not to mention, Nani and Pop Pop and Uncle Denny came down from New York to help celebrate (the latter two ended up sporting luau attire borrowed from Mike!)

After our great beach experience at Granny Hurdle's a few weeks ago, Daddy and Mommy decided a sand box would be a great first birthday present, and a great center of play for the party. Correct on both counts! Alex adored playing in his new sandbox, and did so for literally two hours almost non-stop. What twelve month old does any activity for 2 hours nonstop???? He was joined by friends from the neighborhood and from day care, each of whom received a sand bucket and shovel and a few other little gifties for play during the party and as a take-home party favor.

We had a fantastic Hawaiian-decorated cake from a nearby bakery we have never tried before, and everyone just raved over it. We didn't let Alex destroy it (he got to do that on his actual birthday), but boy did he enjoy eating it, as did everyone else.

Despite our admonitions to the contrary, Alex got a lot of great presents, too. He is now fully outfitted for summer, and has enough variation of toys to keep him busy for months to come. His Uncle Denny particularly spoiled him -- he really loves his MegaBlock wagon, and Ricky the Cabbage Patch Kid! He did a great job opening them all, and surprised me with the ease with which he climbed into the lawn chairs.

All in all, except for the lack of a pit-roasted pig, it was a great luau, in the grand tradition of first birthday luaus.