Happy Second Birthday

Yesterday Catherine turned two! If I thought the first year went by quickly, the second year was on light speed. We had a play-date party at our house, to which all of her friends from our play group were invited. All she said she wanted was hats, blowers, and birthday cake, so that is what we had. There were also about a million balloons. The kids were entertained by coloring on huge sheets of paper that I taped to the floor, running around after balloons, putting on tattoos (temporary of course!), and playing "the blanket game". The "blanket game" is when all the kids hold on to a sheet, walk around singing Ring Around the Rosy, and run under the blanket for "we all fall down!" We're still opening gifts, as each one needs to be inspected, opened and thoroughly enjoyed before moving onto the next. This process seems to overwhelm her a bit, so we're trying to make it as enjoyable as possible. There are a few preliminary photos available on our Flickr site that were taken and edited by my friend Kristy. More will be posted this weekend.