Another great Schiering bash to celebrate Parker turning 2. It started off a bit rocky, Parker of course wasn't certain about all of the commotion surrounding her. I tried to get her into the swing, but she spent the first 1 1/2 hours pretty much clinging to Grandma Barb, well, there are certainly worse ways to go.
Finally the food was ready and I was certain this would bring her out of her shell. What I didn't count on was her new found fear, RAGING fear of flies. Yep, flies. I have a little idea where this came from as Payton had been talking about them a few days earlier, but have no idea how it became so traumatic. Seeing her one would think I'd dropped her into a tank of copperhead snakes, but instead I tried to get her to sit in her booster, in the house while a fly (or two) flew by her tray. I will admit there were an insane number of flies in the house, but only a few taking interest in her. At first I tried to laugh it off with her, then I tried to be stern, but in the end I had to take pity on the poor kid because she was honestly terrified! So, instead of eating she clung to me for dear life and cried into my chest. Eventually we moved on, and now I realize, that girl never did have any dinner!
As the party moved on, she finally found her happy place. That place was with the guys on the side of the house playing a game of bags (our friends version of horseshoes or boccie ball). She was in heaven, watching her made me think of David Cox and all of my own dad's friends from my childhood. I'm so glad that my girls will also have such great men in their lives. And of course I find it a bit humorous that like her mom, she'd rather hang with the guys than a bunch of screaming girls. Can't blame her for that!
Yep, MOMMY made a Mickey Mouse cake! I had to laugh because before the two year old Parker even had a chance to figure out the blowing part of it, our friend Kaitlyn had taken care of it for her.
By 10 or so Parker had enough looking at the pretty packages, and broke in!
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