We had a very fun second birthday for the girls! For a
few days we’ve been singing Happy Birthday to get them excited and getting them
to say, “Two!” when we ask how old they are. Their birthday was on a Saturday
and we invited family and a few friends to come celebrate with us. On Friday I
took the girls to get birthday balloons and a few party supplies. Violet picked
the Sesame Street balloon with Elmo, Cookie, and Big Bird, and Lily picked the
Thomas balloon. I got 10 more colored balloons, so a dozen all together! The
only place they fit was in the back seat with the girls and they LOVED it! They
were laughing and kicking and hitting the balloons and pulling the strings. That night, Ryan
made chili and I made the carrot cake cupcakes! Yum, yum! I finished up making
the punching game too!
In the morning, Ryan and I were rushing to get
everything ready. Before we knew it, it was 11 o’clock and our guests were
arriving. After everyone got here, we had the kids play the punching game. It
was so fun to watch! Little Violet made a good fist and punched right through
the tissue paper! They all ended up with a smiley face bracelet and a little
toy. Time for lunch! Grown-ups had chili and kiddies had sandwiches and finger
foods. I found some fun sandwich cookie cutters online so they had penguin and
elephant sandwiches! Everyone loved Ryan’s chili and the kids ate quite a bit
of food too. I had to cut up more apples and bananas! I wasn’t sure if we
should do cupcakes or presents first, and someone said presents so that’s what
we did. The girls got a lot of GREAT presents! With their birthday only a
little more than a week after Christmas it’s kind of hard to know what to get,
but they received wonderful, thoughtful gifts! Books, pajamas, bowling set,
hair accessories, keyboard and guitar, owl piggy banks, a few clothes, shoes,
puzzles, backpacks, Percy trains, Andrea sewed an amazing fishing game for them
to learn colors and numbers (it’s truly amazing!), but their absolute favorite
gifts were their baby dollies and strollers! My mom gave them the dolls and we
gave them the strollers. I knew to give them the strollers last because once
they had them, they were off! We still had to sing and eat cupcakes! We got
Violet back to the table ok, but Lily only wanted to play with her dolly and
stroller! She had a tantrum and Ryan held her near the table while we sang
Happy Birthday. She didn’t want to sit at the table or eat a cupcake! Violet blew
out her candles and loved her cupcake. She gobbled it up!
Soon our guests started leaving, and everyone was gone at five to 1! We were so happy everyone came! It was a great group! In addition to my family, Liz, Rusty, and Jack came, Sarah, Maddie, and Charlotte came, and Kim and Amelia came. It was great to see everyone!
The girls had a nice long nap, and then played with their new toys some more before we went to dinner. We went to The Dodo, the same place we went on their birthday last year! Afterwards, we stopped for gelato for one more birthday treat!
Soon our guests started leaving, and everyone was gone at five to 1! We were so happy everyone came! It was a great group! In addition to my family, Liz, Rusty, and Jack came, Sarah, Maddie, and Charlotte came, and Kim and Amelia came. It was great to see everyone!
The girls had a nice long nap, and then played with their new toys some more before we went to dinner. We went to The Dodo, the same place we went on their birthday last year! Afterwards, we stopped for gelato for one more birthday treat!
It’s amazing how much Violet and Lily have grown over the past year! They are talking so much and are so smart! Every day they learn something new, make us laugh, and remind us of how lucky we are to be their parents. We love you little ladies!! Muah!
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