Piper is TWO

We just finished our final birthday of the month - Piper is now TWO. The theme I picked this year for her was Our Littlest Pumpkin. The treats were all pumpkin-based since we were all tired of birthday cake and cupcakes - pumpkin bars and pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. We had a family dinner on the 17th (her actual birthday was Sunday, 18th). My parents were in town so we had a bunch of family here all for Piper's big day. We made Piper's favorite - cheeseburgers and hot dogs. She had a TON of presents and really could have cared less. She loves books (and got lots of them), but she would open one and then she didn't want to open anymore until she had read the entire book. Cute, but it made the night go very slow. (Christmas morning could take us a long time if she uses the same pace again.) But it was her night so I didn't rush her and eventually all of the presents got opened. :)

On Sunday I took donuts and fruit into her Nursery class at church and they all sang Happy Birthday to her - she loved being the center of attention. And then my mom made dinner that night and we had yet another cake with candles for Piper. This time I just got her her own individual cake and let her eat it all by herself. But she was quite frustrated that she couldn't blow the candles out, so she reached out and touched them with her finger - ouch!! I got it on camera - she was so shocked, but it didn't take her long to recover, blow out the candles and dig into her cake. Before I gave her a fork she just used the candles to eat with. Funny girl.

Ouch - Piper touched the hot candles!!

YUMMY!

I cannot believe my baby is TWO. She is such a delight to have in our family. She can always make us laugh with her cheesy smiles and funny words. She has finally started calling Mia and Lily by name and she has them wrapped around her finger. We all love our littlest pumpkin so much!! Goodbye birthday celebrations - hello Thanksgiving and Christmas!