Curious "George" Turns 2!

O.K. so before anyone makes a comment about how I have nothing to do but blog, I need to tell you that this whole process is much faster using my new laptop. So what used to take me a bit of time, now takes only half that time (especially downloading the pictures).
We were off to the boy's cottage for another rollicking birthday party. This one was held a bit early because he will have a sibling shortly, and his mom wanted to make sure she got this party in! I hope she will now put her feet up and rest a bit.

The theme was, as you probably gathered, "Curious George". He is one of the birthday boy's favourite characters. George goes everywhere with this young man.
Guests included the relatives, of course, as well as neighbours from the lake and a couple of good family friends.
The girl cousins helped him open presents (actually, they decided which presents he would open and then he did the opening himself). While this year he got the idea of opening gifts, he still seemed a bit confused why he couldn't then stop and play with each gift once it was opened!

Great grandpa (known as poppa) and the neighbour whose skiis I have borrowed a couple of times, enjoy the action. What a small world - the neighbour grew up in the north end and attended what some people think is the only high school in the city, and knows our best friend/uncle/godfather to our son.
The masterpiece....
and the materpiece creators! They were understandably proud of themselves, as the cake really did look like George!
Shirt off again for cake - it was yummy, as was the rest of the huge party lunch.

Now before you take a look at this video, you need to know the background. Mom and Dad thought a pinata would be a good idea, as there were several young people who like action and love candy. Namah (grandma to anyone else) found a monkey pinata. In the video, the birthday boy seems to be enjoying taking the first few hits. However, as the game progressed, and the monkey's body ended up hanging by a thread from the head, and when it finally broke completely, this young man was very confused why we were happy about hurting "Georgie". Candy distracted him while Dad took the remains down. Just so you know, Georgie is going to be reassembled, so the boy can see him whole again. Hopefully there won't be any nightmares as a result. Not such a good idea, Namah!

Happy birthday, big boy! Now we are on baby watch!