Happy Birthday Luke!!

Luke turned two on January 7th. We had a fun day celebrating! 

We chose Luke's favorite breakfast--pumpkin french toast, sausage, and grapes.

It even snowed on Luke's birthday! Violet, Luke, Cora, and I went out to play in the snow. Luke didn't last long at all, and Violet not much longer than that, but luckily Kevin came out to play with Cora so I could go in with them-- pretty hard to keep my snowpants on since they wouldn't zip up over my 6 month pregnant belly! Luke and Violet had just as much fun sipping hot chocolate and watching Daddy and Cora play outside as playing outside themselves. 

(the video is a must see)

We had hot dogs and cheese puffs for lunch, and Kissie and Pata joined us for Luke's birthday dinner of make-your-own mini pizzas and root beer. 

Then it was time for presents! I know Luke loved all of his presents, but it seems like we only caught his very concentrated looks on his face with ALL of the pictures! He was very focused and methodical about opening and playing with his presents. He knew exactly what to do with the packages, Christmas being not that long ago and all, and I think he was pretty happy he got to open all of the presents himself with no taking turns. 

Luke got a hammer bench, balance bike, more trains for his train table, and another basketball for his hoop. Kissie and Pata also got him some trains and a remote control car. Here he is figuring out how it works. It was an especially fun toy for him, since he loves to swipe the girls My Little Pony and Strawberry Shortcake remote control cars. This one is much manlier!

 

We had donuts for dessert!

More very focused looks from the birthday boy. I'm not sure he cracked a smile at all! But at least he didn't try to grab the candles. 

Afterward he had some birthday fun with balloons.

Happy Birthday Luke! 

At his two year doctor check-up, Luke weighed 25.35 pounds and measured 32.87 inches (18th and 19th percentile).