Happy 2nd Birthday Maryn!

Friday was Maryn's 2nd birthday! It was a pretty typical day around our house since it was a Friday, but we added some extra special activities just for MarBear! While Makenna was at preschool in the morning, Maryn helped me get the groceries for her party and then we went and played at the playland at the mall the rest of the time :) We were racking our brain for a fun place to take a 2 year old for dinner (especially since she doesn't care for Chuck E Cheese) and we came up with the McDonald's playland. Yes you can all groan like Josh and I did, but our kids think that eating at McDonald's is the coolest. Maybe it's because they don't get to do it that often, I don't know. It's definitely not because the food is good :) I guess the play structure inside probably gives it a huge boost in the eyes of children. Anyway, we took her to McDonald's for dinner for chicken nuggets (what she always asks for whenever we drive by a McDonald's). But she barely touched them and wanted to move right on to the playing. Don't worry the irony behind the fact that my kids like McDonald's and I'm such a health nut has already been pointed out to me (thanks Aunt Nene!).

After dinner we went home for presents and some Bob the Tomato cupcakes :) If I do say so myself, we did a great job on her gifts this year. She loves them all... some Veggie Tales books, Fisher Price snap n' style babies, Dora's backpack (that talks!), stuffed Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber, and a Veggie Tales DVD. She wanted to play with each present after she opened it and didn't want to move on to the next one until she had thoroughly explored the one in front of her.

She initially thought it was more fun to stand on the presents than to open them.


One of the gifts that was a huge hit... her new babies.


Opening presents - action shot!


These are the awesome Bob the Tomato cupcakes our cake lady made for me! When Maryn first saw them all she could say is "Bob! Bob! Bob! Bob!" The theme for her party this year was Veggie Tales.


Enjoying that first taste!


Licking every bit of frosting off her fingers!