Julia Turns 2!!
I can't believe that our little "baby" is now two years old!! Such a doll and such a sweet girl. She has been such a joy to watch grow the last two years. Being that she is still so little, we didn't have a formal party planned. After all, two year olds can get very overwhelmed with large groups and opening presents becomes crazy even after the first few. So our plan was something very low-key.
First thing this morning, we gathered all of the girls and did our usual routine of cleaning out the humidifiers and getting them up. We had all the girls come and sit on Riley's bed since Riley and Julia's clothes were set out the night before in there. Riley loves to get ready in her room and Julia has also enjoyed doing that so that has been our routine as of late. We all sang Happy Birthday to Jules. She looked somewhat embarrassed and hid her head in her hands. She was so adorable!!
We made a box with wrapping paper and pictures of her on the outside as well as facts about her birthday. Every child at Lakeside brings in a poster or something to tell about their birthday. Her class ate some chocolate and sang to her.
My mom and I emailed late this afternoon and they decided to come over to eat dinner and do presents. Jeremy purchased some Bundtinis from the store Nothing Bundt Cake - $12 for buy three, get one free! Awesome!!
We bought Jules a large pink ball, a Rapunzel baby doll, two little play bottles and a box of Lucky Charms - her favorite cereal!! She was enamored with the ball. So much so that it was the first thing that she opened and we could hardly get her to open anything else. Though Riley tried very hard and for the most part, tried very hard to open it for her. She was very thoughtful to want to be in on the action!
Riley wrapped all the presents with me and organized how to set them up on the fireplace. It was super cute. She looked at the doll and the bottles and said "Hey! I don't have any of these!" She very much wished that she could have a new doll. When Julia was playing with another toy, Riley asked where the Tinkerbell doll was because she wanted to give it to Julia. This way Julia could play with it and she could have the Rapunzel doll. The girls both shared the doll (well, mostly Riley played with Rapunzel) and Julia spent a lot of time rolling the tossing the ball around.
My parents got Julia a few shirts and some bottoms as well as a little cake set. Will be so nice to have some new spring outfits since she doesn't have many! Not too many hand-me-downs in the 2T department here - thinking that it was a messier stage :)
We sang Happy Birthday and Riley helped blow out the candles on Julia's bundtini. Jeremy took it into the kitchen to cut them into sections so we could try a variety of the flavors. He cut up a slice for Julia. She was SO mad when she got the piece because it didn't look like the cake she had just seen. It was all cut up and mashed looking. She didn't want to eat it. Somehow my dad managed to get her to try a bite and magically it became acceptable to eat! In fact, she looked very happy and begged "I wah moh!! (I want more) as soon as she had eaten it.
Then she went back to playing for a little while and kept repeatedly asking my dad "Wheh dah bah go?? (where the ball go) and he would tell her it went to sleep. She probably asked it 100 times.
Riley wanted to sleep with the Rapunzel doll. I asked her if it was her birthday, would she let Julia sleep with her doll. She thought for just a second and said
"I.... I... Oh yes, I think that would be great!!"
Was so cute. We made a compromise and let her have it sleep in a pack and play in her room - though we did discuss that it was Julia's doll and that she was borrowing it.
Very easy going birthday and probably the cheapest one we'll have for many years to come. Best part is she had a wonderful time and now has a few new toys that will keep her learning and playing!
First thing this morning, we gathered all of the girls and did our usual routine of cleaning out the humidifiers and getting them up. We had all the girls come and sit on Riley's bed since Riley and Julia's clothes were set out the night before in there. Riley loves to get ready in her room and Julia has also enjoyed doing that so that has been our routine as of late. We all sang Happy Birthday to Jules. She looked somewhat embarrassed and hid her head in her hands. She was so adorable!!
We made a box with wrapping paper and pictures of her on the outside as well as facts about her birthday. Every child at Lakeside brings in a poster or something to tell about their birthday. Her class ate some chocolate and sang to her.
My mom and I emailed late this afternoon and they decided to come over to eat dinner and do presents. Jeremy purchased some Bundtinis from the store Nothing Bundt Cake - $12 for buy three, get one free! Awesome!!
We bought Jules a large pink ball, a Rapunzel baby doll, two little play bottles and a box of Lucky Charms - her favorite cereal!! She was enamored with the ball. So much so that it was the first thing that she opened and we could hardly get her to open anything else. Though Riley tried very hard and for the most part, tried very hard to open it for her. She was very thoughtful to want to be in on the action!
Riley wrapped all the presents with me and organized how to set them up on the fireplace. It was super cute. She looked at the doll and the bottles and said "Hey! I don't have any of these!" She very much wished that she could have a new doll. When Julia was playing with another toy, Riley asked where the Tinkerbell doll was because she wanted to give it to Julia. This way Julia could play with it and she could have the Rapunzel doll. The girls both shared the doll (well, mostly Riley played with Rapunzel) and Julia spent a lot of time rolling the tossing the ball around.
My parents got Julia a few shirts and some bottoms as well as a little cake set. Will be so nice to have some new spring outfits since she doesn't have many! Not too many hand-me-downs in the 2T department here - thinking that it was a messier stage :)
We sang Happy Birthday and Riley helped blow out the candles on Julia's bundtini. Jeremy took it into the kitchen to cut them into sections so we could try a variety of the flavors. He cut up a slice for Julia. She was SO mad when she got the piece because it didn't look like the cake she had just seen. It was all cut up and mashed looking. She didn't want to eat it. Somehow my dad managed to get her to try a bite and magically it became acceptable to eat! In fact, she looked very happy and begged "I wah moh!! (I want more) as soon as she had eaten it.
Then she went back to playing for a little while and kept repeatedly asking my dad "Wheh dah bah go?? (where the ball go) and he would tell her it went to sleep. She probably asked it 100 times.
Riley wanted to sleep with the Rapunzel doll. I asked her if it was her birthday, would she let Julia sleep with her doll. She thought for just a second and said
"I.... I... Oh yes, I think that would be great!!"
Was so cute. We made a compromise and let her have it sleep in a pack and play in her room - though we did discuss that it was Julia's doll and that she was borrowing it.
Very easy going birthday and probably the cheapest one we'll have for many years to come. Best part is she had a wonderful time and now has a few new toys that will keep her learning and playing!
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