Happy Birthday, Elijah

This year for Elijah's birthday, we decided to have a very low key birthday with just the three of us.  We brainstormed what a 2 year old would consider the perfect day, and that's just what we did.  It was Saturday so we had the whole day together.  For breakfast we had chocolate chip pancakes, Elijah's favorite. He had 4!!!  Then, we borrowed the projector from Asas and in the morning we watched a cartoon big screen style.  After naps we had this little birthday party.  

 The "party" was so low key we even forgot candles!  I put 2 tea lights on top...

And Elijah wound up leading the way on just digging in with a spoon (and fingers) and just skipping the plates :)  Rather than fight it, we just went with the flow, after all we were planning the perfect 2 year old day!

 He got this birthday present from us, every last part except the wheels was hand made by Jeyson.

 And then we look him to a totally dinky amusement park they have in town, which he thought was awesome!

 We have started the tradition that my side of the family did growing up of taking a birthday picture next to dad to see how much the kid has grown.  Here's this year

And here's last year in Ohio

 Speaking of last year, I never did post anything from his birthday party, so while I"m at it, here's a picture of him digging into his "cake" while he was supposed to be just standing by it for a picture :)  

Happy second birthday, Elijah.  You have brought so much joy to our lives!