happy burpay!!!!

we wanted to be sure daddy could be home to enjoy the birthday festivities so we decided to celebrate petes SECOND birthday (oh my goodness, how is it possible?) a day early. he's been saying "happy burpay" all day long and loving every minute. we celebrated with buttermilk chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast. opened some lovely gifts sent by lots of people who love him. played hard at the park until we started melting; no really, it was 90 degrees today. had in-and-out burger for lunch. made a second trek to the park this afternoon for more playing and pete got to walk all the way there, pointing out every tree and rock and truck (they are apparently all blue) and stopping to smell every flower (even if they were just bushes with no flowers on them) and feeling the crunch of leaves under his feet. a treat indeed for pete since he's normally stuck riding in the stroller because there's no way i can manage a double-wide buggy with a baby inside, a dog AND a fast-as-lightning toddler who is curious about exploring everything and whose favorite recent trick is to say "fast" and then take off running. tonight we enjoyed pizza for dinner and then had birthday cake. he really REALLY enjoyed the goofy cake and i guess he thought the whole thing was for him. a great birthday indeed. here's the video!

 he found a fabulous homemade fleece blanket and pillow combo inside and is snuggled up with them in bed tonight!

 betsy loves birthday parties!

 i love that he has goofy cake stuck between his teeth!