I officially have a two year old. Hannah had a great birthday, and she was very excited about it. I asked her, "Is it your birthday, Hannah?" And she yelled at the top of her lungs, "YAY!" I asked her, "How old are you?" She again yelled at the top of her lungs, "Two!" And she held up all her fingers on one hand. She was jumping up and down and was so happy. We had dinner, which she wanted nothing to do with since there were vegetables involved. But when it was time for cake, she was so excited again. She sang with us when we sang happy birthday. She isn't good at blowing air on anything though, such as bubbles or hot food. So when we told her to blow out her candle, she had a little difficulty. She blows like she is making an 'F' sound and kind of spits. But big sister came to the rescue and blew it out for her. We didn't even have time to get the plates. Hannah just started digging her hands in the chocolate frosting and eating it. Then of course, it was present time. Hannah was ready to dig into the wrapping. Laura struggled a bit since none of the presents were for her. She helped her sister unwrap gifts, but she got upset when Hannah wanted to play with her new toy for a minute first. Laura always want to play first too. It was a hard lesson for Laura. Hannah got legos, puzzles, cookie monster, a bath set, a piggy bank, and a whacking ball set. Overall it was a nice, relaxing evening. I know that Hannah enjoyed turning two.
Of course, now that she is two, she is definitely representing the age well. She is the epitome of the 'terrible two's.' She is extremely impatient and scolds us every night. I think her aggressive behavior is in part because her class at school is three boys, her and only one other little girl, Quinn. So I think she has to defend herself a lot. But she also knows how to push our buttons or how to manipulate daddy. For instance, one night it was Matt's turn to put the girls to bed. And Hannah threw an all out fit screaming and kicking because she only wanted me to put her to bed. Matt gave in quickly, and I ended up putting them to sleep. The next night though Mommy won, and Daddy put them down to bed. Another funny example is that Hannah loves shoes. When the girls stayed at my parents' house, Hannah wanted to sleep in her shoes, so my Mom let her sleep that night in her tennis shoes!
We had a great Valentine's Day too. The night before Matt did an activity with Laura; they made a foam princess castle card box. It was perfect, and Laura loved it. Then on Valentine's day we had pizza, and the girls went through their goodie bags from school, ate tons of chocolate, and they opened a special package from their cousin, Chelsea. There were stickers and valentines all over the kitchen floor. Both girls had a great time!
I'm so lucky that my girls play so well together. Yesterday afternoon, they were upstairs playing after their bath; so both girls were naked. Laura was the mommy, and they were pretending Hannah was the baby. Hannah kept pretending to cry, "waaaahhh!" And then Laura picked her up and dragged her around. Then Hannah crawled in the babydoll pack n' play and pretended to fuss for her mommy. It was the cutest thing. They played like that for at least 30 minutes. Overall they love to play together. Usually they are wrestling, like right now. Or they play chase, which usually evolves into wrestling. But sometimes they color together or play house in their princess castle. I'm thankful for this now. I know they might not get along so well when they get older!
Yesterday Laura also serenaded us with a princess concert. She and Hannah dressed up in their princess dresses, and Daddy hooked up the microphone to their princess CD player. Daddy had bought them a CD with several of the princess movie songs on it. Laura proceeded to sing along with each song. Hannah became uninterested very quickly, and she stripped out of her princess dress to run around in her diaper. Matt dubbed her Mougli from the Jungle Book. It was a fun afternoon.
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