Happy 2nd birthday Tot!

Our little man turned 2 today! Our baby is officially a toddler. When we were at the party supply store the section that made him most excited was the Backyardigans. He was pointing and screaming with joy so that answered the question of what type of decorations/theme he would want. On TV the Backyardigans and Blues Clues are his favorite right now and he can sing most of the Backyardigans intro theme song. We had a party with the four of us today with a Backyardigans theme. It was so fun. Tot was really into opening presents and especially into wearing the birthday crown which he was also really excited about at the party store (I have been looking for just the right hat for awhile and I love this one).

Eating cake and ice cream and using a big boy birthday cup with the food on his new Backyardigans plate.

TMac helped me frost and decorate the cake. He was so excited to help throw his brother's party. He loves planning a party just as much as I do. Tot loved being sung to several times that day by friends, Grandmas and family.

I love my star shaped cake pan. I've gotten good use out of it over the years!

Present - new PJ's. (Old Navy - $1 - heck yeah!)

Garage sale dinosaurs that got a loud dino yell when Tot opened them.

TMac helped put up the Backyardigans birthday banner and streamers. He was so excited for his little brother and wanted to help with everything. So cute! He even wrote out a check list on paper that I forgot to take a picture of but it was the cutest thing. He walked around before the party checking everything on his checklist. He takes parties seriously!

Present - dinosaur hoody jacket. (Crazy 8 - $1 - I am the bomb shopper!)

It's not a birthday without a new train to add to our Thomas the Train collection.

Isn't this the cutest bathing suit? I can't wait to see his big lizard belly and tiny little legs sticking out.

He couldn't get the presents started when it was time to make the first tear so he had a system where he would pick one off of the table, take it to brother to make the first tear, then open it, yell about the present, run it over to Dad to show it to him, drop it off in the opened presents section of the floor and then go immediately to the coffee table to pick the next present to open. It was so funny. When I would try to spend time with an opened present it was no way - open more!

It is amazing how much joy kids can get out of Dollar Tree balloons!

We took cupcakes to preschool in the morning.

It was cute when the preschool kids sang Happy Birthday to him. He had a look on his face like - ok, that's cool if you think I'm special and want to sing to me.

It was a great day and I can not believe that my baby is 2. He's been acting like he is 2 since he was 1 so the tendencies and age related things I am used to but he is officially 2 years old and that is weird. I love you son with all of my heart. When you smile at me and rub my ears I melt.