Day in the life of a two year old

Mattie Turned two today. He started his morning with a gift from his thoughtful sister Megan. A flower. He held it for a good twenty minutes after she gave it to him. He must of known how special it was.

After getting the girls off to school, he spent a fun day with Daddy playing outside and enjoying the Sunshine.
When I got home, Taylor left for UPS and the girls were with their dad,, so Mattie and I decided to take a trip to the store for a treat.
We stopped to enjoy our shadows for a few minutes.. He’s getting so big..

We will be having cake this Friday when all the family can come but I felt bad that he wasn’t getting the chance to eat cake on his birthday, so I thought perhaps I’d buy him a cupcake and let him enjoy that. However the cupcakes didn’t appeal to him so we strolled on.. That’s when he saw the Donuts. He kept pointing at them saying “dat one, dat one” where I would point to one and say “this one?” to which he would answer frustratingly “no, DAT one!”. After 3-4 tries at this I finally got him out of the cart and let him show me. He immediately chose the one with sprinkles of course, how could I have not gotten that? He said “ Spinkles, Yes, Spinkles” then insisted LOUDLY that he hold it right away. It was his birthday after all, so I gave in. He picked each sprinkle off and ate them one at a time. When the sprinkles were gone, he discarded the uneaten donut into the back of the cart. I realized very quickly that I could have gotten away very easily with a bottle of rainbow sprinkles. I’m glad I had my camera in my purse. When we got home we had some dinner and he spent the rest of the evening doing his favorite things; playing outside , torturing the dog, getting filthy, taking a bath and watching “buzz, and buddy” a.k.a. Toy Story. By the time I laid him in bed, he was happy to sleep..