Elliott's Second Birthday

The boy is two!

Elliott was very excited to have "two balloons" in the house (one from babysitter Doris, and one from us). Other than nice phone calls from family, we had a generally quiet day and will host playgroup on Friday.

Elliott did enjoy sharing his blueberry pie and pseudo-cupcake biscuits with Joey and Katie after some playtime outside. The hat was not a big hit, and after an initially mature response to the "2" candle (including trying to blow it out without being prompted), he then got scared of it and didn't want to see it again. "Candle off!" I have only video of the big "2" candle, and he didn't exactly smile for the camera when I later tried two little candles for a still image. The word "presents" had him saying no and shaking his head, but then he got intrigued with one gift bag, asking "Ooo. What's in dere?" and being happy to dump out the wooden animals inside. We opened some more gifts (read: took things out of bags) but then he rejected the box hastily covered in tissue paper, so we'll save the accessories for his wooden kitchen for another day.

See photos from Elliott's first birthday at http://www.geocities.com/haneyjessica/firstbirthday.html