Being Two

Our little girl turned 2 last week. She still has a super sweet side but she now has a sassy 2 year old side. She can be all four seasons in one day.
She had some fun with a card board box, now it just sits around empty. Isn't that how it always goes with cardboard stuff? It's awesome, then it gets torn apart and rained on, then you don't know how to get rid of it.


This is her 2nd white birthday cake in 2 years, I think that is more coincidence than anything.It was yummy but disappeared one night, not sure if we had cake burglers or if Joni chucked it in the garbage...that usually happens when we have too many sweets in the house.
Lots of pink to go around
All the girls went up to Tahoe for a walk

Speaking of cakes...Joni made a couple more to make for a very stressful weekend.
This one was for some random lady she knows at the gym. She wanted a simple cake for her wedding, and she requested brown with leopard print and stick figures...this is what Joni came up with.


Ellie enjoyed going to another kid's party and got to play with some kids her age for once. We always thought we would have the kid that is sweet or would be bullied but she IS the bully. Just when we thought we were good parents, we have other parents getting mad at us when Ellie hits or doesn't want to share. I don't know what happened or what we can do, but it's frustrating and sad. Neither of us know what to do or if there is anything we can do right now other than let her be 2.
It doesn't always feel like we know what we are doing. I don't know a lot of parents who do know what they are doing, I guess it could be a lot worse for her but it has been humbling to have a two year old. I have never had more fun with her one on one, but when we leave the house the beast is released.


The second cake Joni made was one of her best yet in my mind. It was a Cars cake for her friend's little boy. She even made little tires, signs and wavy flags out of fondant, it ended up being a hit with all the men for some reason. Funny to see 8 grown men standing around a cake and talking about it for 15 mintues..."Do you see them tires?...That there should be on one of them cake shows on TV..."
Thank you all for the calls and presents. Ellie loved everything she got and feels very loved.