Madison turned 2!

While all the moving and renovation madness was happening our cutie pie turned 2! It was great that my mom, dad, brother and Sean's mom were able to be here for a little pizza party to celebrate! I had planned on getting really creative this year with having a whale/ocean theme since she is obsessed with Shamu, dolphins and anything that swims, but this year plans changed and I ran out of time with our move, so I decided on getting simple little cake toppers/banner, balloons and easy decorations from etsy.com! With all her loving family here with her I think we pulled off a fun little birthday treat for her. She knew it was her special day, loving all the attention :)
I think part of what made the day fun was just watching her come down the stairs after her nap to see the huge Mickey mouse and #2 balloon along with her Mickey mouse pinata outside! Yes, that is right pinata for a 2 year old :) Grandma Kalub was so creative to make baggies of tiny marshmallows and graham crackers special for the birthday girl that we stuffed into the pinata, toddlers snacks ready to eat!

Here is the birthday Pinata! Madison likes to watch Dora the Explorer and for Dora's party she had a pinata so I thought it would be fun to get one for Madison. The only issue is she didn't like hitting Mickey with a stick, which I guess being 2 and liking Mickey, hitting Mickey is a little confusing..so the pinata idea did backfire a little, hopefully she isn't scarred for life and doesn't take up hitting kids at nursery. 

Cupcakes from a bakery in San Clemente called Sugar Blossoms, these are yummy gourmet cupcakes that we gobbled up quickly! 

Grandma Kalub with Madison on her real birthday, the 20th of September and another cupcake!

Its been so fun to see Madison change and grow these past 2 years and I am blessed to be able to be with her all day, every day! We pray she will grow up to love the Lord and of course obey her parents! Her favorite thing to say now is "ready, set, go!"