Maren's 2nd Birthday

My sweet girl turned two on August 27th! We had a celebration at school and at home. At home Maren is silly and loud and into everything. At school though, when I drop her off or when I come by to see her she is quiet as a mouse! She is also so hard to get to smile. Again, at home she is quite different.

The Birthday Girl

All of her friends getting ready for cake!

I thought this was so sweet! Maren's teachers made this banner for her and had everyone put their handprints. I kept it and hung it up at her party.

Mrs. Lanita and Mrs. Jennifer with me and Mae

These two teachers are wonderful with Maren! They love her feisty side and crack up when she plays hard to get.

We had to tickle her to get her to crack!

Mrs. Lanita didn't care what Maren said she was going to get her kisses anyway!

Mrs. Jen was after some love too. Maren knows exactly what they want when they ask for hugs and kisses, but she puts up a fight and makes them work for it. As soon as we get out of the door she talks about them and first thing in the morning she talks about getting to school to see them.

Maren was very excited to bring William a cupcake from her school party!


When we got home we had plenty of birthday cards in the mail! The kids love those cards with recorded messages and songs. Maren got a few from Nana and Meme. Her favorite was a Princess card. I swear no matter how hard I try to steer her away from the super girly stuff she heads right to it!!

This is Mae dancing to her princess card. She played it over and over and over.....

"Mom, stop singing!"

"Happy Birthday dear, Maren!"

She was not too fond of the flames-- thank goodness her big brother was there to help.

There's my girl!!

We had music on and Will was dancing for her and cracking her up.

Shake it, Will!

Yum, cake!!

Happy 2nd Birthday my sweet angel!