The Crocket Family Blog: Happy Birthday, Munchkins

What a year it has been! It has seriously flown by. Looking at photos from their birth, 1st birthday, and 2nd birthday, I have to wonder which year brought the most change - year one or two? Last year we ended with two little girls who had just starting eating real foods and crawling. So in the last year we ditched bottles, started walking, started talking, talking a lot!, started recognizing their surroundings and interacting on a social level, made real friends and now have opinions, likes and dislikes. I really think this year brought way more change, or maybe a year ago is just too distant to remember.

Alex and Josie had a wonderful pirate themed party this year, with their park friends, family, and some of mom and dad's friends. There was a 5 foot long sub sandwich and enough pasta salad to ensure Josie had leftovers. In true fashion, they flipped on me, and Josie was outgoing and having a blast while Alexandra wanted to be in my arms and played shy. Ah well! Keeping us on our toes.

Alex is definitely showing more signs of entering her "twos" - as always, she has followed the book with meeting milestones right on time and this is no exception. Her way right now please. At least she is polite about it. I can't get over them saying "thank you mommy" for every little thing, its very nice. Josie loves to hold her sister's hand and walk around, and gets super mad when Alex decides she's done playing that game.

The girls are professional gift openers now. Josie even exclaimed "OOH COOL" when opening a few of her gifts: she really likes Duplo, apparently. Once a few Duplo items were opened, she had no more interest in opening anything else.

Josie and Alex ate their weight in Oreo cookies and pirate cookies during the party. I also underestimated how much Pirate's Booty toddlers eat (I accidentally doubled my order yet we didn't have any left!). Alex couldn't wait for cupcakes and then didn't want to eat hers - I guess she is a "cake haver." Josie, on the other hand, dove right in: "cake eater."

Josie reorganizing some napkins

Alex really did want "money" for her birthday.

Starting to set up.

These poofs were too fun to pass up.

The pirate tent from Aunt Laurie was PERFECT!

James got this cardboard ship you can play in AND color!

Home made cupcakes! Thanks to my friend

Missy for helping with decorating!

Wrapped gifts - I found the least Christmassy and most girly gift wrap I could find!

More set up photos!

The pirate ship cupcake display

These adorable little cookies were delicious!

Thanks Etsy for this stuff, its so fun!

This shirt, the story:

I had picked out new outfits for the girls to wear a few weeks back. I ran to the store to get ice and when I came back they were wearing them. They were awful, way too big and not cute. I rummaged through our drawers and found the red striped top for Josie, thank goodness. But nothing similar for Alex. I finally pulled out this red Santa t-shirt and flipped it inside out and with 20 minutes before people were arriving, drew on a skull and cross-bones. Party 911. And, in the end, I actually liked the outfits they were in better than the ones I had picked for them!