Our little Kasia is now a two year old. It's obvious to tell based on her new two year old walk. She's beginning to act like a two year old, and she's now destroying the house like a two year old. Actually, she may be making all these messes on a three year old level, but we're still waiting on the test results.
The morning started off like Christmas for her. We had decided to get her a wagon for her birthday because every two year old needs a wagon. So on saturday night, we worked like busy little elves putting it together for her so that when she woke up on her birthday she could play with it. We put it over with her other toys with two of her dolls in it taking a ride. When she came down in the morning, she noticed it immediately. Her face lit up as she pointed to it. When she finally got to the bottom of the stairs she rushed over to it and immediately climbed inside. Her dolls were no longer welcome in her wagon. This is how she spent most of her morning. In the wagon.
Just before her nap, we were able to meet up with Eric, Susan, and the boys for a quick online chat. They were able to see Kasia open her presents from them, and we were all treated to a beautiful rendition of "Happy Birthday." It's nice to see that my brother wasn't gifted with better singing abilities than I was.
Then in the afternoon when she awoke from her nap, we had her birthday party. The family and some friends made the long journey down to Moyock to wish our little girl a happy birthday. We don't entertain much here at the Gruetzmacher compound, so it was interesting to see just how many people we could fit into the walls of our house. As it turns out, not that many. The weather was just a little too chilly for going outside, and so most everything took place in our great room. Fortunately, Karlie was a dear and brought food to keep the army well fed. Thanks Karlie!
Most importantly though, Kasia seemed to have a really good time. She got to eat cupcakes and cake and ice cream. What more could a growing two year old ask for? She got a whole bunch of wonderful gifts and she is loving them all. The excitement of having all these new toys was actually making it hard for her to sleep on Sunday night. She got up bright and early Monday morning because she had to rush down stairs to make sure that her new doll was still there. Apparently Kasia didn't believe us when we told her that everything would still be here in the morning.
So thank you to all who showed up, and thanks to all who wanted to be here but knew that we would have our hands full with the people who were here and didn't want us to feel like we were getting crowded out of our house and so decided to stay at home and just phone in a happy birthday announcement. We had a really good time.
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