november 1st delivered us a two year old little girl. we made the day all about her and i hope/think she had fun.
after dropping off big sis at preschool we picked up birthday balloons and a donut with sprinkles for breakfast. grace stayed in her pjs most of the day - her choice. we played games, colored, and read books.
sisters. i love when they look at each other like this.
demonstrating the new age.
out to dinner at grace's favorite restaurant... McD's. the girls love it and since it was freezing outside and they could play on the playground it seemed like a good option, though i did feel like a bad mom having fast food for grace's birthday dinner.
opening presents. i don't know who was more excited, madi or grace. g&g skinner were nice enough to send madison her own present to open. thank goodness the girls have grandparents and aunts to spoil them because we chose to do things cheap and simple- play dough re-gifted from Christmas last year, a tutu so when the girls play "ballerina" they don't have to take turns with madison's skirt, and a piggy bank. in case you forgot or didn't get to see grace's reaction to the piggy bank, watch it here. i've seen it about 50 times and it still cracks me up.
grace LOVES cupcakes and couldn't wait to chow down on hers.
our two year old.
and i can't believe how much she's grown since last year.
(or how blonde my hair was)
grace is a little ball of energy and we joke that she's getting us ready for this next little boy. words to describe grace: alert, attentive, observant, stubborn, spunky and feisty, full of adventure and mischief but tender hearted and affectionate at the same time. she LOVES books, has her favorites memorized, and reads them to herself. she constantly surprises us with her memory and vocal skills and is very dynamic and expressive.
grace loves going to nursery, hates when madison leaves to go to school, and already can't wait till she turns 3 so she "can go to school like a big girl too". she likes to be anywhere her big sister is. she loves playing hide and seek, tickle monster, and old maid and loves playing make believe if she can be a sharp tooth (from the land before time) or the "abomible" snow monster (from the old clay-mation rudolph). grace knows every disney princess and thinks she is a princess too. she's often found wearing layers of her favorite skirts/dresses over her regular clothes and loves headbands and necklaces.
grace's smile and big brown eyes make it hard to be upset with her for more than a moment and her crazy hair matches her personlity perfectly.
she sure is full of life.
we love you grace!
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