Terrific Two

In this family, we are low-key about birthdays.  As luck would have it, though, Davis' second birthday fell on a Saturday, so we were able to have my parents, my sister, Greg's brother and his wife and son, and Davis' best buddy Nolan and his parents over on Saturday morning to celebrate.  We had already celebrated with Greg's parents the week before when they were town. Last year, I chickened out on the birthday cake front and got a store-bought cake.  This year, Greg was adamant that Davis needed to have an Elmo birthday cake, as he has a bit of a toddler crush on Elmo at the moment.  So I did what any modern mama would do and Googled Elmo cakes until I found one that professed to be The Easiest Elmo Cake Ever.  Not being much of a baker, I was a bit nervous about this little project.  The cake looked weird after I baked it, I had trouble figuring out how to put my homemade buttercream frosting on it smoothly, and I was not especially confident about how the decorating would go. But - I think it turned out pretty nice, don't you? Davis was pretty impressed by his Elmo cake, at least.  In the days since his birthday, he has asked for "Elmo cake" more than once (even though it is long gone).  :) He was probably wondering what on earth we were doing when we sang Happy Birthday to him (Greg had to hold his hands to keep him from grabbing the cake - he must have wanted a repeat of the first birthday cake smash!).  Maybe next year he'll be old enough to figure out the blow-out-the-candles part of birthdays. The cake-eating festivities this year were significantly less messy than the first birthday.  :) Davis' little cousin Leo thinks Davis is 2 cool - haha, love it!  He was ready to party!   Best buddy Nolan had a great time playing with Davis' new (and old) toys. It must have been a successful morning of birthday fun, because Davis certainly did take a great nap afterwards (and Mommy got a nap, too!). On Sunday we made some sugar cookies shaped like the number 2.  Davis likes to say, "Two!" and was happy to make his Cheese Face for the camera before eating one of his special birthday cookies. We may only be three days into having a 2-year-old, but so far it's pretty much awesome.  Terrible two moments aside, we are loving his personality and watching him grow up!

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