Oh TWO--DLES!!

Yep, just a few months shy of her THIRD birthday, I am finally sitting down to make sure I have her second birthday party post for our memories..... from the moment Tripper was born, Eleanor found great friendship with the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.... she had never shown interest in television until right around 15 months.... and when she found Mickey, she became quite the fan! So of course when it was time to celebrate her birthday, we couldn't think of anything more perfect than celebrating in Eleanor's clubhouse.... on her birthday, July 31...
We kept the party real simple... kind of tried to create a "waterpark" feel in our little backyard, but we definitely learned a few lessons. Summer birthday parties need to be inside or in a real pool. Kids has a blast - parents left just as wet as the kids, but with sweat... yuck. Oh Texas heat, you are brutal! Regardless, Eleanor just had the time of her life....

For food - we did Hot Dogs (duh, Goofy), Mickey-shaped peanut butter sandwiches, Mickey-shaped chicken nuggets, Mickey-shaped watermelon, chips, dips, and Mickey cupcakes...
We had a few baby swimming pools set up, a slip-and-slide, a few sprinkler hoses and a few water tables.... basically, we were trying to keep everyone wet so that no one would have a heat-stroke.....
 
Keeping the tradition going, DotDot had a special birthday swimsuit made for Eleanor with Mickey's silhouette stitched on... so of course, Tripper had to have a matching swim shirt....
So many of our precious friends came to celebrate our girl... we kept the party small, but loved that friends from high school, college, church, kindermusik and family were here to love on E...
 
Momma and her Boo-Boo boy...
Best friends that eat nuggets together, stay together.
 We ghetto rigged our small slide to go into the baby pool, and not surprisingly, it was a hit...
 Then it was Eleanor's very favorite thing in the world... her peeps all sang her Happy Birthday and she got to eat a cupcake... what more could a little punkin bottom want?!?!
Apparently, she just wanted 2 cupcakes.  And 2 cupcakes she had.....
Baby girl, the first two years of your life were the FASTEST, most wonderful years your daddy and I have ever had. You are the light of our life, our pride and joy, our punkin bottom and our sweet Eleanor. We love you, ALWAYS.... Happy, Happy Birthday :).

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The Joiners said…
Seriously, your kids are so cute! Happy belated birthday to her :)
April 27, 2013 at 5:23 PM
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