I am 2!!

Hi, Addy here! My Mom has gotten lost in the busyness of September and hasn't managed to tell you all about my very important 2nd birthday. Others might not think 2 is an important age, but I do. When else can you do something wrong and have people just say, "Oh she must be in the terrible twos!" It's a built-in excuse. How great is that! My Mom claims I hit the terrible twos shortly after learning to move around on my own. It wouldn't surprise me, I am very advanced! Especially when it comes to getting into trouble!
Anyway, about my birthday. My Dad took Cole and I to watch Mason, Carson, and Brock play football so my Mom and Emily could decorate and I could be surprised.
I was so excited when I got home and saw all the streamers and balloons!
Pretty soon, my guests showed up, including my best friend, (who also happens to be the sister of Cole's best friend and Emily's best friend! Imagine that!)
and we started playing games. We played duck, duck, goose,
Ring around the rosies,
Dogpile on Cole,
and the unscheduled game of running in and out of the streamers, which was probably my favorite!
All that game playing made us hungry, so we sat down and had a lunch of champions...pizza, Cheetos, watermelon, and grapes on Zoopals plates with Koolaid to drink!
Even the big kids liked that meal!
Then, I opened my presents. I'm not sure who was more excited for the present opening, me or my friends (and Cole's friends and Emily's friends!) They gave me lots of advice on how best to open them.
I'm pretty sure that when I opened this present, I heard my Dad say, "Another baby? How many babies do 2 girls need?" Dad, the answer to that is as many as we can get!
I was sort of nice and only threw a minor fit when my friends tried out my new toys.
The Sunglasses,
The Leapfrog letter game,
The streamer wand,
but at least they let me play with the bubble mower first. Well maybe that's because I insisted that no one touch it but me. But come on, it blows bubbles and it's pink. What more could a girl want!
After we tried out all my new toys, we had worked up an appetite again, so it was time for cake and ice cream.
I was very excited about my Elmo cake. In fact, I still get pretty excited when I see pictures of it.
As if I hadn't had enough advice on how to do things, the big boys tried to show me how to blow out my candles. Come on boys, I'm two. I can do it myself!
We ended with a duck game to fill our treat bags. We got to pull ducks out of the bowl and whatever shape the duck had on it determined which candy we got.
Or we just took a duck to my Mom and then took whichever candy we wanted, but we give her points for trying to make it fun!
Thanks Mom for the bestest 2 Year Old Birthday I've ever had!