Mac's 2nd 2nd Birthday Party

Because Grandma was here, we wanted to have another candle blowing and singing session. This was the cake--this was the best picture of it, even though there are scissors and bubbles and plugs in the background. It was decorated to match the cute little banner that is still hanging on the kitchen sliding door. Kudos to Stacey Erickson, who made the enormous thing! I wanted it really tall so I could use a lot of ribbons, and it WAS really tall! And very delicious!



Mac loves the attention, and asked all day for 'cake and i-weem'.



The cake was so big, she had to stand up to blow out the candles!

I think having a birthday has helped Mac with the baby transition--a lot of attention is given by default for a birthday. Leiden, on the other hand, struggled a bit with why baby and Mac were getting all these new things. Even though she has gotten almost the same amount of new things, just because we feel bad for her! Tears and whining are a little closer to the surface, these days, but this, too, shall pass.