Grace is Two!

So our gorgeous girl was born two years ago yesterday. As I sit at the table, finishing my lunch and blogging, I hear her flopping and bouncing around on her "new big bed" (a regular twin size bed), having conversations with her lambies, singing Kumbaya at the top of her lungs, and reading Dear Zoo aloud. Grace is so full of life, so silly, so energetic, so smart, and so beautiful. If I was going to be mother to any little girl, I am so thankful that it's this one.

Grace is more likely to be playing with Legos than dolls, books than dress up, but Mr. Potato Head is her absolute favorite toy. So for her birthday she'll be getting his wife -- yes, they make a Mrs. Potato Head, and she comes with about 40 different options for eyes, lips, earrings, hats, purses, etc. Should be fun!

Mr. Potato Head may be Grace's favorite toy, but her favorite idea is bicycles. When we walk to our mailbox, we pass several homes with young children, and each has a number of bicycles or tricycles in the yard. We've told Grace that she can't ride them or sit on them because they're not hers ("Not ours bicycle," is her phrase) but that doesn't keep her from touching them. She knows the seat, wheels, handles, pedals, and helmet. Imagine how excited she's going to be when she sees her red Radio Flyer tricycle and helmet. We're pretty sure she doesn't know how to pedal, but for now I think she'll be satisfied just to sit on the trike.

Of course, at two, she has no clue what a birthday is, although she can say, "Happy Birthday," and will probably be saying it for the next two weeks. But we hope she knows how much we love her and how glad we are that she was born!