Jackson is 2!!

I realize this post is over a month late but life has been busy.  I had to finish blogging the cruise before I could write about Buddy's party.  We had his party late because of scheduling conflicts, so we decided to wait and do it while Grandma Jackson was here.  We went all out and rented a bounce house and a cotton candy machine.  We also had pizza, lemonade, cake and ice cream.  We had 32 people between the kids and adults and I think everyone had a blast.  The cotton candy was a big hit and the kids were all over the slide part of the bouncy house.  That was Jackson's favorite part.  Well, I think I will save the rest of the commentary for the pictures.  There are LOTS of them!!

Jackson even played on it deflated

Leanne and I did flips on the slide after the kids finished playing.  Fun stuff!!

Tom took a turn too

I also went by myself

Jackson actually enjoyed opening his presents

Fun times at the party

Jackson enjoyed the slide

The bounce house was fun

Climbing in...

Leanne's kids on the slide

That's how big the thing was...

Cousins eating pizza

Despite how many people we had, there was lots of leftover pizza.  People were too busy to eat much, I guess.

Jackson even drank out of the coconut at his party

Party people

I caught Tom in this one

Grandma, Aunt Cindy and cousins

Bouncing around

Look how big it is compared to the house

A view from the side 

Eating pizza

The little ones had fun together

Cotton candy is Jackson's new favorite food

Lighting candles for Jackson and Grandma's cakes

"Happy Birthday to you...."

Picking up his cake

His first bite...

 Right before I took this picture, he threw his cake on the ground to reach for the cars...

The cars were so fun he wasn't even interested in the cake

I think the slide was the biggest hit.  Good thing we went for one with a slide

Our swing was also much used

Time for presents

He had lots of presents to open...most of them were cars

Everyone gathered around to watch

Jackson helped open them

He also got a couple sprinklers

The car Uncle Ben gave him

A ball!!

Peekaboo

He was a master at cotton candy making

Belle hung out with Grandma

 There were also punching bags inside

Jackson mostly sat around while other kids bounced

The big kids climbed all over the slide

They had fun bouncing down the slide

So many kids on the slide at once

Fun times on the slide

He got a late present to open and did it himself

Another car!!

Belle and Grandma swinging

Leanne's son liked my rugby ball.....sadly, it is missing now  :-( 

Tom at work again

Jackson had buddies in the sand box for a change

Tom got new torches and lit them for the party.  One started out too close to my poor peach tree.  See the black leaves in the middle?

Belle loved cotton candy too

The Nash's got here late

Tom took a break to enjoy the fruit of his labors

Jackson was SO happy at his party

The little kids also liked the playhouse

Jackson found a friend - I promise they were laughing before the picture

Hi mommy!!

At the beginning of the party he needed help to climb up to the slide, but he learned to do it by himself later

Big boy on the slide

Wheee!!

They were doing flips into the bounce house