Sarah's Second Birthday

"Sarah, how old are you?"

"Onnnnnneee!"

"No, you're two!"

Twoooooooo!"

And two she is. She walks and stomps around, looks cuter every day, and suddenly turned two before our eyes. How does a little girl turn two? Like this:

First, the evening before we took a trip to the beach. Sarah loves playing in the water, and we knew we wouldn't be able to on her birthday. So Emily held Josiah while I took her down to play. 

She was actually laying on her belly here, not swimming as it appears.

We woke her up together, by walking into her room and softly singing "Happy Birthday" to her. This, of course, made her cry until the song finished and we pulled her out of bed. We got her all dressed, went over with her a few times how old she was, filmed her saying how old she was a half-dozen times until she got it right so we could send it to her grandparents, and served her breakfast.

It was her birthday, so we didn't make her sit in her chair to eat

We took her to Toys R' Us to buy her the present we had long planned, a new Magna Doodle. She loved her old hand-me-down one, which doesn't entirely work. But now she had a shiny new one.

After that, we went for a walk in Mashpee Commons, during which we blew bubbles and played near the fountain.

Then I took Emily to Cupcake Charlie's to celebrate with her the feat she accomplished two years ago.

Then, finally, we came home and served our two-year-old her birthday cake. This little girl loves rocks and dirt, so we staged a cake to look just like the concoctions she makes in her favorite bucket.

Singing "Happy Birthday" to her made her cry this time also, so we eventually just let her enjoy her cake. It was a great birthday, and really can't believe our little girl keeps growing. What amazing things God does.