Happy 2nd Birthday

This weekend was a whirlwind celebrating Tigger's 2nd birthday and hosting Aunt Lorelei, Uncle Michael and cousins Cassidy and Aislinn. We all had great fun and Tigger especially enjoyed playing with his cousins.

We started off Tigger's birthday with a trip to the zoo.

We saw a cheetah...



...a panda

and an elephant (sorry, no pic!). After all the animal watching we took the tired kids home for a well deserved nap. After naps, it was time for cake! Lately Tigger has really enjoyed playing with the dump truck Great Aunt Mimi got him, so I decided to make him a dump truck cake. Luckily I had help from some great sous chefs:






Construction continues....





..and it's done! I'm particularly proud of the 'dirt' in the back (it's crushed Oreos!)



The real truck:

Tigger is stunned! Time to sing:



The cake is a hit:



So much in fact, that Tigger asks for 'ma-more cake'!



How do you top all that sugary goodness? With a trip the next day to the Air and Space Museum! On Saturday, we headed to the museum where Tigger immediately started pointing up and saying 'airplane.'


The kids (Tigger and cousin Cassidy) even got to play in airplanes of their own (Tilly and cousin Aislinn were a little too young to play).




After the museum we enjoyed a picnic on the national Mall, complete with shoe-free play time!

Who's tired now? Cousin Aislinn!

After naps (which we obviously all needed!) it was time to go to Columbia Heights Day, an outdoor festival in our neighborhood. They had a bouncy house!

Oops!

Tigger finished the day by crashing hard, taking his birthday card from Meema to bed with him. He fell asleep with it in his hand (and over his face)!

In between all those activities, there was play time...

....time to eat together



...cuddly time

...play time



and the briefest glimmer of diva behavior as cousin Aislinn frowns at Papa TT for interrupting her dinner with his paparazzi-like photo taking. What a face!!!!

Of course, not only did Tigger turn two on Friday but Tilly turned four months old. Here are the crib comparison shots showing our little girl growing up so fast! At birth:

And four months old: