She turned 2...

So we gave her a horse. She wasn't the least bit interested in it at first - naturally - but when all her cousins fought to ride it during the party, her competitive side got the best of her and now she fully appreciates her horse. Lovely how that all works out.

She was asked to smile for the camera. This is what we got:

I completely copied Ashlee and made a rainbow cake. My kitchen was a disaster, my socks now have orange speckles on them, I'm certain a few egg shells ended up in the finished product, and I followed the instructions all wrong...but no complaints really.

Mmm...frosting. BTW, next year I'm just gonna whip out a can of Pillsbury frosting and let her go to town on it. Who needs cake really?

Her cake suddenly became completely uninteresting when she realized the cousins were all momentarily staking their claim on her gifts.

So she joined them. And despite her size, she held her own.

When the party was over, things started out great with her new shopping cart.

But all went downhill when Kory had an ingenious idea to teach her this:

...must have slipped his mind that he goes to work all day...

So of course this is now the main use for the cart.

And I'm tired.

And what's a good blog post these days without some poor quality footage? The story begins in the early morning hours on Maggie's birthday as I neglect to feed her breakfast for the sake of trying to capture her ABCs on camera, and ends with Kory blowing out her candles after a rousing rendition of the birthday song, which was perfectly overshadowed by my lovely vocals in the key of chipmunk. Enjoy.



Special thanks to all the family members who came to celebrate and provide her with the gifts she loves. And to Leapfrog of course.