Party Time!

We celebrated Maddie's birthday the following weekend with a trip to the circus and a small party! We totally lucked out that the circus was in town for her birthday, and we were so excited to take her! Both it and her reaction to it didn't disappoint!! She loved the elephants, of course, but she also was fascinated by a lot of the performers, especially a group that did tricks on rings suspended in the air. She alternated between huge smiles and awestruck stares the whole time. Which was a good thing considering her ticket cost as much as ours. Ah, the downsides of turning two!

We invited some of our friends over for her party - maybe next year we'll invite her friends :) We kept it very low key since we did a big party last year. She got a ton of presents (Jordan says she's a spoiled brat face) and loved running around and showing off while everyone was here!

Mickey Mouse pancakes for breakfast ... you can tell she's thrilled!

So excited for the circus!

She was so absorbed in the show! Gotta love the serious face with the crazy hat

Some seriously talented elephants, which was definitely her favorite part. She's obsessed with monkeys and elephants. She stood up and clapped the ENTIRE time they were out there!

I did monkey cupcakes for her party given her aforementioned obsession - super easy

Of course, she had to have a Mickey Mouse balloon!

You can't tell by her face (or the fact that blogger inserted this photo upside down and won't let me rotate it) but she loved this sleeping bag from Nana and Papa. She wanted to open the rest of her presents inside it!

I'm a mean Mom and made her read the cards before opening the presents!

Reading one of her new alphabet books

This one was a bit of a project but I think she likes it! It's for the wall in her room

Not the best family picture but she looks pretty happy!

She took all of two bites of her cupcake, which is about all I expected. This girl is crazy when it comes to eating. She was excited when she saw it though!

Our awesome friends who came to celebrate with us!