Our Baby Size Life!

This past weekend, we, ahem, well Sam was invited to his friend Maxime’s 1st birthday party! But since Sam’s legs are too short to hit the gas pedal, we drove him there and got invited in too. Which is good, cause I would’ve hated waiting, and freezing in the car for a few hours while Sammy-boy parties it up with the lady-babies inside.  Last time that happened, the cops showed up, someone flushed some powder and everything got out of hand!  So, it was nice to get inside and see our Sam in action around other babies.  It’s an interesting thing to see, because we are with Sam most of the time, and he’s alone, so he plays and acts accordingly.  Then, at these parties, you plop your little pamper packer in with a couple other chubby offsprings, and you can see things you wouldn’t have thought a possibility only a couple hours ago.

Case in point: sharing. Yeah, that’s a tough one for two kiddies to master, but Maxime just turned one, and Sam will be this week.  I’m thinking it’s a little early to start pushing the concept of sharing on them, but after what I saw at that party, it might be a good thing to “slide” it in there on a daily basis.  Now it’s not like Sam tore every toy away from Maxime and tried to use his head as a step-ladder… He did that last time they played It’s funny, and a little odd, to see your “sweet” kid smack the toys out of his playmate and proceed to push him over to get to the top of the toy pile.  This time around, Sam was more into the “I want your toy” mentality, grabbing whatever Maxime had to keep as his own… for three seconds before discarding it.

Immediately, I kind of chuckled at his boldness: me boy’s got a pair eh!?! But then I realized that I, being a parent of said emboldened child, must now act on this situation and set it right.  This is when the parents learn as well.  Because we are no longer the bystanders, looking down on two kids aggressively dominating the toy population, laughing and commenting on how funny and cute they are in their little battles.  We are now responsible for Sam’s behavior in social situations as well, not just in the privacy of our homes. Sheeesh! Parenting indeed! Get off your ass Dad and tell Sam to share and be nice!

Overall, the party was great fun and Sam was a good boy, despite my exaggerated view of his playpen encounters.  Maxime had his birthday cake all to himself, and he was hesitant at first to get messy and dig in; but eventually, once he tasted the icing and cake, he smeared himself good.  We all had a good laugh watching him to that, the other mothers in the room reminiscing about their own kids doing them same.  Next up, he unwrapped his gifts while I held Sam in my arms.  Sam wasn’t interested in the presents, he was now effectively six feet higher up than usual… Which brought him closer to the balloons hanging from the ceiling!  Sam’s a big fan of balloons.  He swats and smacks and twhacks them all while giggling along.  I wonder if he’ll still love them if he pops one?

We left shortly after, and Sam was sleeping in his car seat thirty seconds into the ride home. Played hard he had, poop he know was.  This Saturday, it will be Sam’s turn as he will turn 1 on February 20th! We can wait, it’ll be  a fun party with Sam hopefully getting very messy with his cake… which will be in the same theme as the party.  I won’t tell you what that theme is now, but suffice to say, it’s a theme he loves.  Speaking of his party, I’d better get going on some of the planning!  Thanks for reading, have a good week everybody!

Related posts:

1. Sam’s First Birthday: Prep-time!
2. Sam’s Room!
3. Sammy’s New Pyjamas
4. Birthdays & Mother’s Day Weekend Extravaganza!
5. Sam’s Big Gift: Epilogue

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