Monday, November 10, 2014

Happy Birthday Leah!

Guess who turned two at our house?? Our little Wee-Wee's officially celebrated her 2nd birthday on Friday, November 7th, much to the delight of all us-- but most particularly her siblings. We couldn't wait to help her par-tay!
 We started the day off by getting dressed in her very most favorite outfit-- Frozen shirt, Frozen skirt, Frozen shoes, and a My Little Pony headband. I just love that little grin! She operates most days either super happy, or super ticked-off, but the happy Leah more than makes up for Mt. Leah (her nickname for when her mood takes a nose-dive). And as we officially enter the Terrible Two's, it's quite often!
 We spent the morning playing at home, then a trip to the gym for mommy's class (where the kids all got to sing Happy Birthday to Leah at the Kids' Center), and then home to make some very special birthday cupcakes.
 Leah was more than happy to help taste-test the Elsa-blue frosting from the beater Mommy gave her! See that huge smile peeking behind all that frosting??
 The finished product! I wish I would have used a darker blue color for Anna's "dress" so it actually matched, but I think Olaf actually turned out the best. Leah was ga-ga for her girl Elsa! Shortly after we completed the cupcakes, Leah fell asleep for a quick birthday nap. 
 You can see how happy she was to be awake...NOT. She was totally ticked off and wanted nothing to do with presents, but Daddy finally got home and we were ready to head to dinner! Lucy and Zach were trying to coax her into unwrapping them.
 Now the wheels are turning... They're talking about toys and mentioning Elsa, after all...
 And now she can see the proof under all that birthday wrapping paper! Woohoo!
 Oh yeah! Now we're talking! Look at those eyes!
 Birthday Girl is finally happy now that she's discovered Elsa and Olaf, some more Disney princess babies, and SIX new pairs of princess high heeled shoes. Hooray for 2 year olds everywhere!
 We had big, BIG plans to eat at the brand-new-just-opened Chinese Asian Red Bowl Bistro, but after waiting and waiting 40 minutes (they'd told us 20 when we walked in) with three starving, bored kiddos we had to cut our losses and headed across the street to Chick fil A. I supposed it was definitely more Leah's style anyway, but I've been so antsy to try something (ANYTHING) new!
 Back at home Leah lined up her new princess babies, picked an Elsa cupcake, we lit her 2 candles, and sang "Happy Birthday." I don't think she was very sure what to think.  
At least that Frozen frosting was delish! She was a happy camper getting to end the night with a birthday cupcake and some fun new toys. 
I'm not sure how the last two years have flown by so fast, but I can't believe our little "baby" Leah is officially two years old and growing by the minute. She is SUCH a total joy to have in our family-- we love her silly grin, her plentiful hugs, her sweet little laugh, her crazy bedhead, and even her naughty temper tantrums. She truly has us all wrapped around her little finger, and our family would just not be complete without her. Happy Birthday Lee-Lee!!