"Where's 'da cake?"

Penélope is officially two years old as of yesterday! I cannot believe it! We are going to have the birthday party once my parents are in town from Brasil in July. We did try to make her day special.

As she was waking up I started singing "Happy Birthday." I sang as I walked down the hall into the living room. Her sleepy head tilted to the side as she tried to look around the corner at the kitchen table. She then said, "Where's 'da cake? Where's 'da cake?" There was no cake. I did not know two-year-olds were already in tune with that concept. Oops.


She got cards, ecards, emails and phone calls from her Tia Reesha and Tia Patricia and Grandma Dugan in Brasil, from Tio Jeremy, and Grandpa Hunt, the Dahlens, Tia Debora and the Grovers! Thank you, thank you!

Opening a birthday card full of stickers from Grandpa Hunt and Melissa. I LOVED it!

Instead, she got to watch cartoons AND eat breakfast at the same time (always a request; always denied)! Does chocolate cookies count for breakfast?


Then we went to Bethany's play room to meet up with her Hunt cousins and Dugan cousins and two of her tias and one of her grandmas. She got presents which included a dress she wanted to put on immediately and dress up shoes, a purse and a tiara (she added the word, "princess" to her vocab as well). It was hilarious watching her try to play ball with her cousins with all of that on!


We missed Dylan, Eric and Emily and Baby Julia. We wish you could have played with us...

Tia Cathleen and Tia Cari

Tio Fernando and Tia Marci

Penelope and "Bubbe" (Grandma Hunt)

Papa brought balloons and a pizza for dinner. Then she finally got her chocolate cake (the ugliest thing I've ever made, but she didn't care). Another tia and tio came with gifts, another dress that she didn't want to take off! Her day was complete. Best of all, she got lots and lots of love.

She fell asleep in her dress and hugging one of her shoes...