Sunday, February 21, 2010

Peanut's two!

I spent a low-key day at home on Friday with the birthday girl and she "helped" me get ready for her birthday party the next day.

Friday night we spent 3 hours assembling her birthday present, a play kitchen.

Saturday morning she gave us a huge smile to reward us for our labor. If I ever had a doubt about her birthday present, they are all gone now. This kid looooves this kitchen. The microwave is her favorite. She even makes her own sound effects, "Beep, beep, beep, brrrrrrrrrrrrrr, ding! ding!".

After a nice long afternoon nap, guests began to arrive for her birthday tea party! It was just a family party, but it was still quite a crowd.

She was the happiest birthday girl! She clapped and bounced when we sang to her and even though it took a few tries, blew out the candles on her birthday cake.


The best part of the party for me was seeing her enjoy herself so thouroghly. I kept my camera by my side and caught this moment somewhere between cake and presents.


Another candid moment with her cousin.

This is maybe my favorite picture of the day. After all her guests were gone, we got her ready for bed and then let her play for a little while. She found a hat that she had received as a gift, stuck it on her head, collected her backpack and started "cooking" with her watering can.

She makes me laugh without even trying and charms us with her huge personality.

I love her.
So. Much.

2 comments:

  1. Those pictures are so awesome! As was the cake! Happy happy birth to your Peanut, and I'm glad the party was such a success. Great job, mama!

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  2. Happy Birthday Peanut. Oh, I just love and enjoy following your journey and adventures with little Peanut. I feel like I'm reding a book with different chapters. I feel every emotion you have with your blog posts and it makes your blog more interesting to read.

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