Me: "Who's birthday party is today, Catherine?"
Catherine: "MY party!" (with extra emphasis on "my")
She definitely knew, and she was excited for sure. We picked up her cake that morning, and it was "my" cake. And even though it was a joyful kind of crazy with so many people in our home, she was great the whole day. Despite the "mine!" phase that she's going through, she was even pretty good about sharing with all the other kids. Wow, I know.
The rest of the story can be told with pictures:
The beautiful birthday girl, munching on a cookie (sugar free, of course)
My too-adorable-for-his-own-good nephew, Toby
A bunch of the big kids watching the Super Bowl in the other room. Our house is perfect for these occasions: we set up the play room with all of the kid birthday stuff, and then the Super Bowl party was happening in the living room. Very nice, if I do say so myself!
One of Catherine's presents: cute Tigger ears. And further proof that moms will do anything to make their kid laugh.
We started a dress up trunk for her as our birthday gift to her. And thanks to a smart heads up from us, lots of her gifts were additions to the dress up collection. She loved the hats!
I forget which present she was looking at, but I love the look on her face.
And oh, did she love her feather boa!
Is it me, or does she kind of look like a turtle in this picture? (it's the stretching neck, I think)
She was so cute! She loved every present she opened. The first present she opened was a gorgeous handmade sweater from our Aunt Sue. She looked at it, appraising it up and down, and declared clearly "I like it!" So cute!
A bunch of the big kids watching the Super Bowl in the other room. Our house is perfect for these occasions: we set up the play room with all of the kid birthday stuff, and then the Super Bowl party was happening in the living room. Very nice, if I do say so myself!
One of Catherine's presents: cute Tigger ears. And further proof that moms will do anything to make their kid laugh.
We started a dress up trunk for her as our birthday gift to her. And thanks to a smart heads up from us, lots of her gifts were additions to the dress up collection. She loved the hats!
I forget which present she was looking at, but I love the look on her face.
And oh, did she love her feather boa!
Is it me, or does she kind of look like a turtle in this picture? (it's the stretching neck, I think)
She was so cute! She loved every present she opened. The first present she opened was a gorgeous handmade sweater from our Aunt Sue. She looked at it, appraising it up and down, and declared clearly "I like it!" So cute! Another cute moment: When she saw the candles on the cake, she got this alarmed look and exclaimed "hot! hot!" Yes, we've taught her well. And, not really knowing what else to say, I told her that yes, it's hot, so let's blow on it! But this picture captures that first expression on her face.
All of the kids loved the train set from Papa Steve. Especially Stephen.
Catherine playing with Anna and her new teaset, on her new table and chairs.
The end of the long day. I collapsed on the couch after the last guest left. And then Catherine climbed up and laid across the couch, too. Unfortunately, Stephen was making me laugh when he took the picture, so it doesn't capture the true exhaustion that I felt.
Catherine playing with Anna and her new teaset, on her new table and chairs. The end of the long day. I collapsed on the couch after the last guest left. And then Catherine climbed up and laid across the couch, too. Unfortunately, Stephen was making me laugh when he took the picture, so it doesn't capture the true exhaustion that I felt.
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And that boa was from ME, Jenny Myers, giver of great presents. :) And I still say a 2 year old is a toddler
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