Meira Turns 2 With Elmo

Happy 2nd Birthday on May 27th, Sweet Meira! One of Meira's favorite characters right now is, of course, Elmo. Consequently, we decided that it would be fun to have an Elmo birthday party. Meira told random strangers in the supermarket for weeks about her Elmo party and what we would be doing at it. "I have an Elmo party!" she would exclaim. We played Pin-the-Nose on Elmo. Meira especially liked when daddy pretended to accidentally pin the nose on Meira instead. Then we played Hot Elmo (instead of Hot Potato). Finally, as the grand finale, we did the Hokey Pokey with Meira in the middle dancing and loving it. It was so much fun and Meira was so excited.

At two Meira is very smart and fun. Everywhere we go people are amazed at her language skills and memory. Of course, as her parents, Mark and I think that she is a genius. She can say full sentences which means a lot of cute things are said. On our anniversary in May we asked Meira if she could say happy anniversary mommy and daddy. She smiled and said, "Happy in the nursery mommy and daddy." We laughed and thought how appropriate her connection was. What a cutie.

She loves to play outside, catch bugs, color, play with Play Doh, sing songs, dance, go on the carousel or ferris wheel, and swim at the splash pool near our home. She has grown into an amazing little girl that we adore.

Meira got an Elmo doll that actually talks to her and says her name from mommy and daddy. He is her buddy.

Grandma chased Meira through the "hot Elmo fire" entrance to the party. She loved that the most of all the decorations.
Meira received sunglasses, a bug hat, a bug raincoat, and a bug pinwheel from the Tippet's family. She loves them all and can frequently be seen outside looking like a little bug herself. We are grateful she likes being covered in the sun and it's a double bonus that she looks so dang cute. Thanks Tippets. Meira got her first tricycle from grandma Rayback. We can push behind until she learns how to petal herself. She seems to like it, but hasn't caught on to petaling. Bubbles are so much fun. Meira loves to chase and pop them. Here she is giving a try at blowing them herself. Most of the time the wand winds up in her mouth and the bottle spilt. Notice all of the RED! We wore red in honor of Elmo, of course. When we went to Red Robin for dinner they knew right away who was in our group.
Last, but not least. Meira had Elmo cupcakes which she snuck into all throughout her party. I hope that people didn't mind that they had their Elmo ring taken off and sucked on before they got a taste themselves.

Make a wish Sweetie Boo! Happy Birthday our big 2 year old. Thank you to all of our family who came and made this party such a memorable hit! We love you.
Meira and grandma playing with her new Elmo doll and high chair. Elmo frequently eats meals with us now.