Tyler turned two! We milked his birthday out over three days. Thursday was his last official day in the toddler's classroom so he brought cupcakes to share with his teachers and friends there. Daycare requires shared treats to be store-bought and the only thing the grocery store had was St. Patrick's Day cupcakes. This will matter a lot more when he's older, this year it was no big deal to have green cupcakes with four leafed clover decorations! That night Tyler opened presents that had arrived in the mail: books and a magnetic board from Gramma Dee and a Little People zoo from Andrea. On Friday, his actual birthday and his first day in the new classroom, Mommy and Daddy took the day off work to celebrate. We took him in to school together and spent extra time making sure he was well adjusted. He still cried when we left, but it was half-hearted. Then we headed off to Toys R Us and splurged on his gift, a wagon to pull him around the park! Tyler came home to balloons and new toys in the house, and we sang happy birthday all night long. When Gramma, Kristin & Papa called to sing happy birthday, Tyler listened intently and promptly said "Again" when the song ended. I think they had to sing it three times before we finally cut them off. Saturday we met Gramma, Mike, Kristin, Great Gramma (which Tyler is getting really good at saying) and two Papas at the zoo. It was a great sunny day and Tyler had a blast walking around looking at the animals. Baby slept through the entire zoo so it really was all about Tyler! Then everyone came home and we had lunch, opened presents, and had Papa's homemade lemon-banana-chocolate cake! Talk about a happy day!