I baked a yellow cake with chocolate frosting and decorated it with safari animals. It seemed an appropriate theme for a boy turning one year old in Kenya! Caleb and Kai were determined to put more animals on the cake and I had to fend them off from putting the entire savannah on there.
Asa was clearly a bit confused as to why he was sitting in his highchair outside, and why a bunch of people were singing, and why everyone was staring at him. But he was intrigued with the cake and was happy to play with the animals for a bit. (I should note why the oddly-shaped balloons are there. I saw a package of "elephant" balloons in Nairobi and thought it was a great idea. Well, the dimensions of an elephant balloon are apparently less-than-accurate! We tried to keep with the theme and ended up with weird balloons. Oh well!)
His first bite had frosting on it, which he liked, but his second bite was just yellow cake, which was apparently less impressive to him and he wouldn't eat any more.
When we asked the other kids to gather around for a picture, Asa started to cry. The confusion and confinement were apparently too much!
So I gave him a chocolate chip cookie. The tears instantly stopped. Because there's no better way to dry tears than to eat a chocolate chip cookie. That's my boy!
We cleaned him and clothed him, then let him open a few presents and crawl around. He was a happy boy once again!
He also enjoyed a few rides in this wagon that another family had lying around. It was great way to spend an afternoon celebrating our boy! He's growing so fast and we can scarcely believe how quickly this baby boy is turning into a little boy. Happy Birthday Asa!
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