We had a yummy lunch and then an even yummier cake. ;)
When it came time for Samantha to blow out her birthday candles, her brother helped her. :)
After blowing out the candles it was time to dig in! We were wondering what she would do this year with a piece of cake sitting in from of her. She normally just grabs at her food and eats like there is no tomorrow. ;) This time she was very delicate about it. We think she didn't like the feeling of the frosting on her hands. Every time she got some on her she put the cake down. She probably, in the end, ate about 1/4 of her piece.
Marc encouraged her to take the cars of the cake and lick the frosting off....silly Daddy! ;)
As soon as she was done with the cars, she stuck her finger directly into the cake before we even cut into it.
She was very delicate and dainty about eating her cake.
Every time she picked up her cake and got some frosting on her fingers, she put the cake down and tried to clean her hands.
She got frosting and cake all over her face and the front of her dress. So, gee darn, we had to take her out of her cute new dress to change her into her new Birthday Girl shirt. ;)
When Samantha started opening her first present (delivered by the cutest delivery boy ever) she was having some trouble getting the paper started. Her big brother came to her rescue and helped her. He didn't have to help her for long, she quickly got the hang of unwrapping presents.
When I was growing up I received figurines for each year on my birthday and I wanted to continue this tradition with Samantha. She got her 2-year-old Precious Moments figurine for her birthday from us.
Marc got her a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse pizza learning set. She doesn't care much about the "learning" part as much as the "peetee" part. :)
While Samantha is at Michelle's house (the babysitter), she loves putting on the dress up clothes so I put dress up clothes on her list. Uncle Jeff bought her this chef's apron and oven mitt set.
My Grandma, who thought she was pretty funny (insert sarcasm) bought Samantha a percussion instruments set. Surprisingly enough, they are still up here in the living room. They will eventually make it down stairs where they won't sound as loud. ;)
Every little girls needs some cute summer dress to wear. She got some clothes...and like most kids, she didn't really care all that much about them. ;) She wanted to get to more toys.
We got Samantha an Elmo that sings the alphabet song. When Marc showed her where to press him and Elmo started to sing, Samantha started to dance. She LOVES making Elmo sing, even if he hasn't finished the song yet. ;)
I wanted some good lacing beads for Samantha. the beads we have already are wooden beads that aren't sanded very well inside so the string always get caught and she has a hard time getting the string though. While out shopping with my Mom, we found these alphabet shaped beads that had a big plastic "needle" to put through the beads.
My Mom got Samantha these cupcakes that the color frosting is interchangeable and there are decorating markers to use to decorate the frosting. (In this picture you can see a few of the other things she got)
We got Samantha her first pair of dress-up shoes. She has a little trouble walking in the. She has mastered walking in the one at a time, but not both at the same time yet. ;)
Samantha got some fun stickers for her birthday. She LOVES pulling the stickers of the sheet and putting them on paper. Sometimes she pulls them off the papers and does various things with them for double the fun. ;)
Samantha thought that Great Grandma needed more cake. ;)
It was a very fun afternoon celebrating my Princess' 2nd birthday with my family. :) Thank you to all that came. :)**I am trying to upload a couple of videos but I am having trouble with them. When i get it figured out, I will post them.**
