Violet's birthday

Violet, like Cliffie, LOVES to blow out candles, and we invited a set of missionaries over for sunday dinner on her second birthday (4/17/2011). (One of the missionaries recognized Darrell and Loretta when we did skype video chat later on - that was cool.) It was really sweet to see her get so excited as we got out the candles. She was trying to blow them out before the birthday song even started. Sorry no pictures. I forgot to take some that day, which of course kills me but it was bit of a stressful day in my defense, and then I killed our camera a few days later. :( Big time.

But, Violet enjoyed her presents from Grandma and Grandpa and Aunt Megan - a bracelet and hippo purse (that matches a shorts and T outfit), sunglasses, a dress and headband and sandals. Truth be told, she got quite upset when we tried to get one of the outfits on her but she loves the accessories. Before she even finished unwrapping her hippo purse, she gave it a kiss and then gave it a hug. :) So precious! I love that lil' lady. Her 'cake' was a cupcake set in a little waffle bowl with a microwaved marshmellow, hot fudge, cool whip and cherry and sprinkles. We all enjoyed our cupcake sundaes. I think we had ice cream too. We've been making a lot of homemade ice cream lately - blueberry!

Our gift to Violet was taking the birthday girl and Cliffie to see Rango in theaters. We had a good time and I gave in and got a soda for Cliffton during the movie. Holy cow! $4.75! That's a costco meal for 2. Grrrrr. Anyways, we went to Toys R Us that day as the rest of Violet's present/spring break fun and we enjoyed letting them play for awhile and bought a big gallon of bubbles in a pink container. Oh Violet loves bubbles, yes siree.