Kate's Birthday

Kate turned 2! Actually it was in February, but I am playing catch up. Here's some pictures from the day:

We thought it would be fun to wake Kate up on her birthday so we all went in to sing to her. Unfortunately it really scared her and she woke up shaking and crying. Oops!
We had to have something fun for breakfast. I didn't have much time, so we had a rare treat: cinnamon rolls from a can. Kate called them cookies. She calls everything that comes from the oven cookies, which is funny because I don't make cookies very often.

Kate LOVES to go eat lunch with the kids at school. We try to go once a week, but we had missed some weeks. When we drove by their school, she asked for Allie and Luke so we went to have lunch with them. She even got to eat their lunch out of their bags which is pretty cool. Kate is like a superstar at their school. Everyone likes her. She even got a name tag. When you come to the school, you have to check in and get name tag. Now the ladies in the office make one for Kate. When we leave, all the kids say goodbye to Kate.

For our kids' 2nd birthdays, we like to take them to do something they like. Kate likes to play at the park, but because it was so cold we had to settle for the playground at Chick-Fil-A. Chick-Fil-A will always remind us of Lubbock--it's big here. The kids really like it and they have a pretty good southwestern salad that we always get. Moments after this picture was taken, disaster struck in the shape of Luke spilling all of his chocolate milk down Allie's leg. If you know Allie you know that even though she has a wonderful temperament and is kind and loving, she does not deal with stuff like this very well. We made a "minor" scene and Michael decided we would never eat out again. We managed to eat with a very sticky floor and the kids got to play a little. We left with Kate screaming because she wanted to play more, Luke bouncing up and down with excitement and Michael carrying Allie on his back because her shoes were soaked with chocolate milk. As we left, Michael heard someone say, "Are all those theirs?"

UPDATE: We have since been out to eat, but we haven't been back to Chick-Fil-A. We may never go back.

Opening presents--Kate has finally learned what that is all about.

Playing with her kitchen for the first time.

These are fun little wooden food items that we found at a toy store here. We think they are very cool and durable too! Kate likes to stack them.

Aunt Peggy likes to spoil us with ice cream cakes.
Kate thought the cake was pretty cool.

This video is of Kate getting her kitchen set. When we were looking at kitchen sets at the store she was obsessed with putting the baby in the oven. That was the first thing she wanted to do when she got her kitchen. For everyone who hasn't seen her in a while, this is pretty good idea of what she's like now.