Connor turned 2!

Connor turned 2 on Feb 17th! Adam and I kept going back and forth with the idea of having a party. In the end we decided to wait until next year to give him one. We figured by then he will be talking and will hopefully be a little better at sharing. Plus do you know how hard it is to find fun games and activities that will keep the attention of a 24 month old? I'll just tell you, it is hard!

The funniest part of his big day is when I went into his room to wake him up. I had the camcorder and came in singing happy birthday. His reaction, tears. That's right, I will never be able to live that one down. It is  recorded to forever remember that the sound of my song made him cry. What made it better? The birdies singing outside. The simply pleasures of being so young.

I think that he had a pretty darn good day! He refused to let me get him dressed, even with the bribe of playing outside, so he stayed in his PJs till after lunch. I guess fair enough since it was HIS day! After a fun lunch with daddy and a failed attempt at a nap he had a surprise visit from some of his friends. It was cute, when they sang him "happy birthday" he ran into the hallway to hide. Funny kid.

Dinner was at the best place, for a toddler that is, Chic fil a! Don't get me wrong they have pretty good food but it doesn't compare in the mind of a 2 year old to the fun play place. I don't know what I was thinking to order all of the food first. Adam and I ate in shifts so that the other one could watch Connor play. He was in pure heaven. After 20 mins of going up and down the stairs and hallway in and out of the tunnel, he became brave and went down the slide. After that first time he was hooked. He played for over an hour and then cried when we took him home. 

Of course, like any kid, he loved opening his presents. He had to take all the play food out and pretend to eat before we could move on to the rest of the gifts. One of his favorites was a tool workbench. He had such a blast helping daddy put it together.

Once again, he didn't really care when we sang him "happy Birthday" but this time it was because he was so excited to blow out the candle! After that he was smashing on the frosting of his cupcake. He wanted two.

Since he got new bath toys, and was covered in frosting, a bath was in order. He had so much fun and was so happy to be in his new "Dinosaur train" Pjs. That night he was spoiled rotten and stayed up till 10, mostly because I was oblivious to the time from talking on the phone with my mom! Either way he loved the extra time playing with his tools and watching "Mickey's Christmas". Yes, even two months after Christmas we are lucky enough to watch it almost every other day. Jealous?