Raine is officially two years old. The terrible two’s, the terrific two’s, whatever you want to call it, we are living it. Her birthday celebrations started Monday night when we had some friends over for a post-FHE ice cream social. Our neighbors, the Eastman’s, gave Raine some “princess shoes” which she instantly fell in love with. There were tears involved when we made her take them off so she could get in the bath tub. And she ended up sleeping in them that night despite our best efforts to get her to leave them next to the bed.

The celebration continued at school on Tuesday. She took banana cookies to share with her class during snack time.

That evening we went to iHop for dinner. It is one of the only restaurants that serves food Raine will eat. Here are DJ and Raine coloring in Raine’s new coloring book while they wait for their pancakes.

Mmmmm, a giant create-a-face pancake for Raine.

We came home and opened the rest of Raine’s presents. Here she is with her pink kitty bath towel.

Saturday evening we had a family party for Raine since all of the Grandma’s and Grandpa’s were here.

After much practice and coaching, Raine blew out her candle all by herself.

Mmmm, strawberries!

Since Raine isn’t a big fan of cake, I opted for the boston creme with strawberries on top. Raine ate a few bites of strawberry, one bite of cake, and then was done. Oh-well, the rest of us really enjoyed it. Happy Birthday Sweet Girl!!