Happy 2nd Birthday, Beau!

Beau turned two on March 14, and he was the happiest little birthday boy ever!!  Excuse me, he would correct me to say that he was the happiest little birthday toddler ever.  He's seriously not letting go of his toddler status . . . whatever!  Beau got to pick his birthday dinner, and of course he picked pizza!  We went to Carmine's and had a lovely dinner.  When I woke Beau up in the morning and told asked him what day it was, he responded, "Cake Day"!!!  He was so excited for us to come home from dinner and have cake!  We all sang and loved our yummy chocolate cake.  

Lincoln was especially excited for Beau to open the gift from him.  Earlier in the week the boys were playing baseball outside, and they had to take turns with one bat and one ball on the tee.  Lincoln gave Beau his own bat and ball, and he was so proud! 

Linc cruises up and down the sidewalk on his tricycle, while Beau has to ride in the push car or sit in the Jeep.  Mommy and Daddy gave Beau his own tricycle so he can keep up with Lincoln.  He was sooooo excited! 

Seriously, Beau was totally thrilled that he had his own big boy tricycle like Lincoln.  I barely got a "cheese" from him because he was so proud to go after Linc on his new tricycle.   

Turns out, it's hard to pedal and keep up with Lincoln on your first day on the tricycle.  Beau had fun though, and he tried to pedal.  He's terrible at steering, so Mommy or Daddy needs to push and steer at this point.  We kept shouting for Lincoln to slow down so we could catch up.   

Perhaps the best part of Beau having a new tricycle is that he gets to collect rocks from our neighbors' yards to fill his own tricycle basket.  Collecting rocks is serious business for both Lincoln and Beau.  I hope our neighbors just think it's cute and not that my kids are weird rock clepto-maniacs!! 

Beau had a super fun little family birthday party, and he doesn't even understand that he's having another birthday party on Saturday.  He definitely loves the Happy Birthday song, and he loves his gifts and CAKE!!!  More birthday fun is ahead for Saturday . . .