Kensley turned two! Since we were fortunate enough to celebrate her birthday with the grandparents at the beginning of the month, we became less and less obligated to have another party and finally opted to only celebrate as a family.
Kensley ended the day with a bang! Initially, she saw all of her presents from us on the table and wanted to open them. Since Mike had already left for work, I told her we would wait and open them with Daddy. Kensley didn't protest at all and didn't even mention them again. We headed to Wal-Mart to buy cake decorations where Kensley chose all of the decorations for her cupcakes.
...Cupcakes. What an experience with a two-year-old! Kensley loved watching them bake and couldn't wait to put the icing on them! That's where it became hilarious. I set up the video camera to document what Kensley's first decorating experience would be like...it lasted maybe 2 minutes. Actually, it lasted just long enough for me to realize that "don't touch anything" doesn't apply on your birthday if there are tons of cupcakes staring you in the face. As I was looking for the spreading knife, Kensley had taken "mmmmm! yummy!" bites into TWO cupcakes. How fitting! I promptly sat her in her chair at the table, put a little icing on the cupcake she'd mostly devoured and finished frosting the cupcakes. Kensley told me which sprinkles she wanted as well as the colors. It turns out that they looked a little like a flower garden!
After Mike got off of work, we met him at a bouncy house. It was tons of fun, and since it was during the day in the work/school week, we had the place to ourselves! The nice lady even let us bring our cupcakes in (usually they don't let outside food and beverages inside)!
As we closed down the bouncy house, Mike wanted to take Kensley to eat at her favorite joint, "Chick-a-lay" (Chick-fil-a). She devoured her chicken fingers and then played on the playground.
When we got home, Kensley opened her presents from us. She became quite good at getting the wrapping paper off, which was an improvement from just three weeks before. She really is growing up quickly and catching on to mostly anything.
Lou Ellen Marlatt
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