Ryan is Two!

Can it be that this cute little guys is really two?  Hard to believe, but yes!  We had a fun day celebrating this boy...I feel so lucky to have him in our family.  Here is how we spent the day:

He started off watching Nathan play Daddy's iPhone in the morning (Nathan loves Saturdays because it's about the only day he gets to play it...)

Then the girls came in to join them:

On to his bath, complete with his parade of animals.  He loves to line them up all along the side of the tub.

And then off to play with his tools....just like Daddy. :)

After he got dressed, he went downstairs in search of some breakfast.  He found some sugar cookies and decided that was the perfect birthday meal!

So nice to share with big brother...(after he'd taken a big bite out of each of them:)

Helping Anna make his real birthday breakfast...

Everyone pitched in...here is Aimee cutting strawberries for us:

A delicious crepe breakfast:

Yummmmm......

After breakfast we headed over to shop and help out at a garage sale/bake sale/boutique for baby Ruby's family.  I didn't think to bring my camera, but we had fun and bought WAY too many treats!

We headed home for a quick lunch and then piled everyone in the car to go pick up a kayak Scott had been eyeing.  (Picture coming later...)  He found a great deal on Craigslist, so we drove out to the cutest neighborhood ever to pick it up.  Every little house looked like it should be in a magazine.  I fell in love with this one:

Ryan thought this would be a good time to sneak in a birthday nap:

Lucky for the kids, our neighbors asked them to feed their Koi fish while they were on vacation.  It was the highlight of every day that week!  Definitely a birthday highlight for Ryan:

Now time to get ready to party!  Here is the birthday set-up:

Everyone helped out...

Ryan loved his pinata so much that we couldn't bring ourselves to break it.  He spent the few days before his birthday carrying it around and riding it.  (We wondered why he chose the 'donkey' over the cute little green monster one...he wanted a 'horsie'!)

Taking it all in...

We had to head outside to take a picture of Ryan with the kayak.  I told Scott that since we bought it on his birthday, it should officially be his.  Makes sense, right?

I think he likes it:

After a yummy taco dinner (one of Ryan's favorites) he decided it was time to open presents:

Gator Golf:

His favorite fish game:

Some cool party horns from Grammie and Poppa:

A Clifford dog from the kids...

...which he promptly sat on. :) (???)

And this cute little sock bunny Aimee made for him (she is so creative!)  He loves it...

Oh, and a cute frog umbrella to match his favorite rain boots:

Talking on the phone with Grandma Beth and Grandpa Mark (they did most of the talking:)

And, probably Ryan's favorite part of the day...the candles!!!

He is a pro at blowing them out...

Aimee sporting the birthday hat we couldn't get him to keep on:

Hooray for cake!

It doesn't get better than this!

What a day!  Happy 2nd Birthday my fun, sweet, completely worn-out (baby) boy!