La Famille Armstrong

Surprisingly, I can actually believe that Asher is already 2. He eats by himself at every meal - no assistance needed - without making much of a mess. He is starting to say two-syllable words with ease, such as "helper", "snuggle" and "soccer." He is starting to count as well!! I didn't realize he actually knew the order of #'s until I was counting stripes on his shirt yesterday. I said one, he said two, I said three... and so on all the way until 10! I was really surprised and it was really cute :)

His birthday party was super fun! I thought it was just a small thing since we only invited a couple families besides our immediate family... if forget that our immediate family is pretty large even when not everyone shows up! I am really bad at baking, and since Mark's baking expert sister lives in Cali I decided to make a dirt cake with gummy worms. It was a success!! Many of my friends has only seen one and not actually eaten one! It's an instant mix with oreo pieces, vanilla pudding and oreo crumbs as the "dirt" with gummy worms poked in throughout. Mark had the idea to put his "cake" in his dump truck so it was separate and we put everyone else's in little clear cups. Asher LOVED it! Now when he sees his truck he keeps saying "cake, cake" until we tell him it's all gone. I'll have to get even more creative next year... or become good at baking!

Asher got some great gifts and we were so blessed by how all his friends loved playing with him and helping him open them. Bella loved pushing Asher around in his block-bucket in the garage, which we turned into a big, decorated play area for all the kiddos. I felt like it was the perfect party - not too fancy, but just enough effort and decor to make it really enjoyable and memorable. I'll have to post again soon about all the cute things Asher and Cole have been doing lately... if I can remember them all... there are so many!! Enjoy the photos...