What's in a birthday?

Peanut is now officially a 2-year-old. I can't believe it. It seems like just yesterday I could hold a tiny Peanut in one arm while warding off a 2-year-old Jellybean. Ahh, memories.

Peanut's party isn't until this weekend, but of course we made the official birthday day a special day too. She's a very opinionated sort (don't know where she would get that!), so we gave her choices of things she could do on her birthday. She chose the zoo.

We spent several hours at the zoo, indulging her every whim with the animals she wanted to see. She literally talked to every single animal. "Hi, penguins!" she shouted, "Hi elephants!" Oblivious to everyone around her, using her special Dr. Doolittle powers to communicate. Every choice was hers to make all day long, she went first at everything, and of course at the end of the day there were presents to open. It was quite the special day for a 2-year-old.

L put her to bed that night (her choice again), and as he was reviewing her day with her like we always do, he asked her what her favorite thing was from her day.

Her answer: "Chocolate cupcake!"

So apparently, we could've sat around the house all day doing nothing but watching the grass grow, and as long as she had a chocolate cupcake at some point, she would've been happy. I love having kids that are so easy to please! May it always be this simple.