We celebrated Grace's 2nd birthday on Friday, the day before her actual birthday. Between everyone's crazy fall schedules, this was the day that worked out the best! We had a Minnie Mouse-themed party as she always gets really excited when she sees Minnie and says "Minnie!". :) Everyone started to arrive about 5:30. We waited until everyone came and then we ate dinner. We decided to have homemade lasagna, as Grace loves everything noodles. :) We also enjoyed fruit salad, relishes, and bread. After everyone had finished with dinner, we visited for a while before opening presents. Grace did a great job opening presents and knew exactly what to do. After presents we enjoyed cake and ice cream. We then spent some more time chatting before everyone headed home. It was a great evening celebrating Grace turning two and having our first birthday party in our new home!
Her Minnie Cake
Miss Grace with her cake :)
The birthday girl!
Minnie decor
Dinner time
Love our big table!
Other table in family room
Opening presents
Pulling out her fleece blanket from Geneva
More presents….
She wanted to break to play with everything so we had to move her along :)
Her BIG present form Grandma Deb and Grandpa Craig (a roller coaster)
Her purple chair from Grandma Nadene and Grandpa Gary
Time to sing!
Trying to tell her how to blow out the candles
Had to have a little help form Norah and Kyler :)
Grace's actual birthday was the next day, Saturday. We didn't do a whole lot, as we had just had her party the night before. After she got up from her nap, we went out and snapped a few two year old pictures (so we could do them outside before it got too cold!), enjoyed a dinner of homemade pizza, (one of her favorites) and then let her open her presents from us. Happy Birthday Miss Grace!
Opening a present in her new chair
Erik trying to convince her to keep opening :)
Got going again...
Checking out her bath for baby Stella
Her own backpack!
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