A Birthday Week for a 2 year old!

It started out almost a week before her actual birthday....Papa and Grammy visited on Mother's Day, and we celebrated by having a little early birthday party for her.



Here she is eating her birthday cake that she and Grammy made together, wearing her new dress from Grammy (and new pink croc shoes, even though you can't see them). That day we (Dan and I) picked up the perfect little wooden table and chairs for her birthday present...we had just found it on Craigslist for very little $$!! She was trying out for the first time.









Great-Grandpa (-Papa) and Great-Grandma came for a visit on Thursday, and dropped off her card and present--wow! 2 dollars! Great-Grandpa is reading her birthday card to her, telling her how great-great-great-great she is.

Of course, we all agree!!






These were her fun little cupcakes we made for her official birthday party on Saturday. A bunch of fun critters! The inspiration is in their "cups". If you look closely, you can see they are on feet! A great invention--silicone cupcake cups with legs. So, invariably, you have to make the cake into critters! It was a fun little task for me that day. :-)




Her brother, in all his festive birthday spirits!! He is creeping up on 7 months old very soon!











She and a couple of friends at her birthday party in the park.

She had been sick for the past day or two, and was obviously fighting the nasty bug that had plagued her brother and I all week. Her eyelids were droopy and her energy level was significantly diminished. However, she still appeared to have fun, and despite her illness, played on the playground and seemed to enjoy her party!

Since a couple of her best friends missed her Saturday party, we held a special one on Sunday with them. So, a week later, she was still blowing out birthday candles and listening to us sing "Happy Birthday" to her.








Here are the three of them, eating the critter cupcakes (these ones didn't have legs). By evidence of what remained when they were finished, it could be presumed that they thought the frosting was the best part. :-) It was lots of fun, and their giggling could be heard by all the neighbors, I'm sure! :-)