We chose against a party again this year because we feel that parties are for friends and for when Sadie is old enough to invite them. We're hoping that by next year we'll be able to do a party. I'd really like to host it at The Little Gym.
Until then we're celebrating within our immediate family. On her Birthday morning she woke up to presents and balloons! After a week of opening presents she was finally hitting her groove and was really excited.
We chose a Toy Story theme because she LOVES Toy Story. If we'd let her she'd watch it all day, every day.
Sadie received an art easel with Chalk, craft paper and white board crayons. The chalk lasted one day after the dust was EVERYWHERE. Imagine little hand prints all over the couch.
Sadie's gifts from us were Buzz, Woody and 2 pairs of Toy Story PJ's. Buzz and Woody are now her best buddies. She takes them everywhere. Sadly, Woody is now a partial amputee after losing a finger. Remarkably we found it (D stepped on it) and are thinking of writing a note of disapointment to The Disney Store, including the finger, to let them know Woody lasted 5 days before being broken. We think it happened when Woody fell out of bed. We had briefly thought about returning him for a new one but his missing finger adds character.
Sadie loves balloons!A new tradition we have started this year was lighting a Waldorf Birthday ring. We got the idea from a fellow blogger.
Here is some info on the Birthday Ring Tradition:
A birthday ring consists of a wooden circle with holes representing each year of life.
Traditionally, on your child's first birthday, you place one candle on the ring and fill the rest of the holes with figures. On each consecutive birthday, you replace one figure with a candle. Place the unused figures in the center of the ring to signify the child's previous years. Finally, on the twelfth or sixteenth year (depending on the ring you choose), the ring will be fully illuminated.
Traditionally, on your child's first birthday, you place one candle on the ring and fill the rest of the holes with figures. On each consecutive birthday, you replace one figure with a candle. Place the unused figures in the center of the ring to signify the child's previous years. Finally, on the twelfth or sixteenth year (depending on the ring you choose), the ring will be fully illuminated.
We haven't filled the ring with ornaments yet because they are expensive and we bought a 16 year ring. This year only four were filled as well as the number 2 in the center. The candles we used were homemade from a "make your own" menorah kit that came with a rainbow assortment of perfectly sized bees wax (enough for 44 candles!).
Sadie thinks it's pretty cool and loved playing with it (without the candles). We love the tradition because Sadie's birthday needed something special to make it "shine" when placed between Christmas and New Years. We actually left our tree up this year when we'd originally said it would always come down before her birthday. We liked having the decorations up through New Years and also felt that with the birthday ring Sadie had something that was her own and JUST for her birthday.
Sadie and her Birthday Ring:
Enjoying a strawberry CupcakeSadie's other Birthday tradition is going to see Disney On Ice. We went this again this year (the day after her bday) and she had a great time. Last year we paid for VIP front row seats but this year we went for $15 seats that were on sale. We liked the cheap seats better!
Happy Birthday my beautiful baby girl! You're TWO!!!
Great pictures. Looks like she had a great day. We gave Erik an easel for his second birthday too. :) And like you, we always said we would have the Christmas tree down before his birthday (on December 29th) but it doesn't usually happen.
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