On the day you turned two

Caroline,

You turned two on Wednesday, May 23, 2012.  We celebrated your birthday the weekend prior at your party (post coming soon) but still had lots of fun on your actual birthday.

You woke up and got to watch as much Mickey as you wanted.  You wanted to watch it with your sister, so we let you...

Ann Parker clearly was very interested in Mickey as well :)

After two episodes of that, we ate breakfast.  I made you waffles and we cut up some watermelon - two of your favorite things right now.

After breakfast we all got dressed and went to the zoo with Sarah, Sydney, and Brooklyn.  Sydney is one of your favorite friends!  You two had such a fun time!!

It was such a hot day!!  After we walked around and saw all that we wanted to see, we went to the splash pad.  You loved it.  You were running and jumping and laughing the whole time!

After we left the zoo we ate lunch with our friends at Jackson's in Homewood.  We had such a fun, busy morning so you crashed as soon as we headed home...

We all layed down and took naps but soon enough you were up and ready to go!  We spent a while playing outside with the sand.  You really enjoyed pouring cupfuls of sand onto the patio.

 We enjoyed most of the afternoon outside.  When it was time for dinner we got cleaned up and dressed and met Daddy at The Club for dinner.  You ate edamame for appetizer (one of your new favorite things - you could eat these all day!), pizza for dinner, and ice cream for dessert.  You enjoyed visiting the fountain and looking at the beautiful view.  Of course I spent most of dinner saying, "I cannot believe that this time two years ago we were being wheeled into our post partum room." or "Right about now two years ago I was...(fill in the blank)."  What wonderful memories I have of that day!!  I am sure that every year you will hear me say something similar :)

By the time we got home it was just about bed time.  We had such a wonderful time and it was a great way to start your third year of life.  I hope that you had fun baby girl!!