Happy birthday, Graham!

Graham turned 2 years old on May 22nd and Grandma and Pop-pop were here to celebrate the special occasion with us!  It was nice to have someone else read books to Graham at night before bedtime :-)

And thank you Grandma and Pop-pop for the wonderful birthday present - a sand and water table.  AWESOME!

I think Graham likes the sand more than he does the water:

But either way, he is sure good at making a mess!

I was really having a tough time figuring out what to make as a birthday cake.  So I decided on cupcakes:

A turtle cupcake! :-)

Graham even recognized its little tail!  The cake called for licorice but I used a toothpick and cheerios instead and it worked out great!

Graham almost didn't want to have his dinner/pizza after seeing his birthday turtle cupcake-cake.  He kept saying "I want eat birthday cake, please"!

And so, of course when it was time, he just couldn't wait!

Graham had a tough time blowing out his candles:

Too funny!

I was surprised he didn't go for the chocolate-covered cupcake.  He picked up one of Mr. Turtle's foot and then, he wanted Mr. Turtle's head:

Graham definitely enjoyed his birthday! I know we all did!

And here's what left of Mr. Turtle.  Graham wanted to eat his tail too!

After a nice card and $2 from Grandma and Pop-pop...

Graham opened some presents and then it was time to catch up on the finale of "Dancing with the Stars" on TV!

Speaking of TV, the next day was Pop-pop's 71st birthday.  And we were able to do a TV birthday shout-out on the 9 o'clock news!

How cool is that!  Thanks to the news anchor, who is actually also our neighbor for making that happen.  Grandma and Pop-pop definitely had a trip they will always remember!