After our busy morning, we spent the afternoon playing and resting at home. When Joe got home from work and Carter woke up from his afternoon nap, it was present time! Courtney found the cutest thing to start a new family tradition. It's called "The Hidden Cupcake"! Each year on the child's birthday, you fill the ceramic cupcake with a prize and hide it for the birthday boy (or girl) to find. Obviously this year we had to hide it in plain view for our little boy to find. We bought him his 1st Thomas Train (the birthday Thomas and cargo car) to put inside the cupcake. After presents, we had pizza and mandarin oranges (Carter's favorites) and then of course, cake! Courtney decided to make mini cupcakes since we were having a big smash cake at Carter's party. He loved the icing and enjoyed shoving the cupcake in his mouth!
Present time!
Playing with his new monster trucks! 
"I'm getting the hang of this now!" 
A new drum and musical instruments! Carter loves to turn anything into a drum! 
Finding the Hidden Cupcake... Where could it be?
Carter enjoyed taking the lid on and off!
He eventually realized that inside was a toy.
Carter and his new Thomas trains 
"Happy Birthday to Me!" 
Time to eat!
We had to try this 2 times because he tried to grab the candle!
"YUMMY!" 
