Oh boy! I think the second birthday is harder on moms than the first! When they turn one we are still experiencing a 'first'...but this time she knew exactly what to do! Been there, done that, lets eat cake. (*by the way, Vera Bradley boxes work great as cake boxes)
What fun! Annaka turned two and mom got two tries at making (and not dropping) her cake! :) Her first birthday party was with some friends from church at South Lake Park. She loves "Bob and Larry" so we had a Bob and Larry cake, cookies and color sheets. When we got to the park, the cake box fell on the top so the cake scrunched toward the top...swishing upward. Sadly, we did not get any good pictures before the 'incident'.
Yep, there you can see the two cake parts seporated and all the icing is pretty crinkled. Oh well, at least she still knew who they were. :) We made way toooo many cookies and ended up eating them the entire week after!
I think this is the only year we will get away with this, but we told everyone not to bring her any presents. We are moving and dont have room for new toys right now. That tactic may not work so well with a seven year old, but for her second birthday she knows no difference. She had her friends and cake there. The two most important! :)
One of her best friends, Jeremiah, brought her some flowers. It was so sweet! He gave them to her and then they kept hugging. We had our photographer and friend Jonathan take some photos of them together. They may come in handy in a slide show in about 25 years. :)
Oh, and because of the short attention span of the nearly/newley two year olds we also had bubbles. No, they were not green or red bubbles or with Bob or Larry shaped wands...Im not that good at birthday parties yet...but they held the attention of the little ones for a little while.
And then came "my minnie cake!!!!" as Annaka often squeels. Anything that slightly reminds her of Minnie or cake or birthday and she is asking for it:)
I love this photo....as Annaka was blowing out the candles, here is sweet Mel in the background 'helping':)! I know we all tend to open our mouths when trying to spoon feed babies, and smile for people when we see them getting their photos taken.
Note the birthday blower in her hand above, then see below. She had fun blowing the noisemakers even though they did not make any noise.
Family gave her gifts to take with us. Things we asked for as we knew she would grow with them as we travel. One was this little 'laptop' so she can be like mommy and papa.
So intense!
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