Edward Gets 30 Points

So, this past Saturday my wonderful nephew & Godson George turned Two. Right now he calls me Uncle Richard, though soon, I will make him call me Godfather.

Catie and Britt planned a wonderful party in an Alamo Heights park. There was much swinging.
George found this bouncing arena thing to be level 10 fun.

There was much bouncing and falling.

Which caused high levels of birthday happiness.

A special visitor was the only thing that took him away from such bliss.

ELMO! Or as the party store who doesn't exactly like to pay royalties called it: "Red Monster."

Now, I don't want to exactly give away the identity of the Red Monster. I think most of the children there and maybe a few of the adults would like to think that it was in fact the real Elmo. Which it may very well have been. But, I would like to point out that James was there.

And of course Britt was there.

I, of course, was manning my 6 megapixal Canon Powershot. Edward however, was nowhere to be found. Hmmm.

Anyway, the Elmo had much hugging to do. Which he gladly did.

A few children, were a little more nervous around this large monster.

I find it interesting that some children are immediately trusting and some are much more cautious. I think I fell into the category of immediately hugging the strange muppet.

Those of you who were scared of clowns as children I think were much more insightful than I was. I loved clowns. Now though, when I look at a clown, I see past the makeup and most of the time see very sad individuals. I think the children who are scared of clowns can sense this. I love the fact that my nephew seems to be one of these people.

But this Elmo was a champ. He worked the crowd and all the children grew to like him. Lots of photos were taken.

Even the Godson had a good swing with Elmo.

The only thing that could take the kids' attention away from swinging, bouncing and Elmo would of course be cake.

OMG look at this cute Belly:

Elmo was, of course, a part of the cake fun.

Now, I'm not saying I know if this was the real Elmo or not. But if it wasn't, then this individual easily deserves 30 points for staying in costume and character for two hours. No way I could of done it. Especially in that heat.

So 30 points and hat tip to whichever individual made turning Two so awesome.