Turning 2 seems to be the birthday that produces the best gifts ever! First a tricycle then an American Girl Doll and just last night Lola's Ooma & Aunt Jenny came over and presented her with a pink keyboard and a water/sand table. 
Lola received a bitty baby from her GiGi and Grandpa Chuck for her second birthday. I'm pretty sure I'm a little more excited about this than Lola, at least right now. I LOVED dolls when I was little so I am especially excited for Lola to get started with her doll collecting. Now that she has her bitty baby we can go to the American Girl Doll store in Chicago, have lunch and do a ton of shopping for doll stuff because we HAVE to get all of the accessories. Aaron can't be laid off much longer, I need his money. I mean Lola needs his money. For important things. You know. Stuff. Doll stuff.
Our little girl is two today! 
Lola & Rowan decided to keep things low key this year for their second birthdays. They celebrated on Saturday with their closest friends, two bounce houses and some Doritos. It was a beautiful sunny day with no meltdowns to speak of. 
Now that Lola has her very own bike we're finally ready for family bike rides down the big hill out front. 
Here's Lola, she thinks she's Japanese. 
We headed down the hill yesterday to visit our local fair. First enjoying a pancake breakfast with the other Browns then off to the random booths of homemade soaps, sweet oil paintings, clothes for ducks, covers for tissue boxes, beaded jewelry, dream catchers and your name burnt into wood for curb appeal, none of which we bought. Imagine our surprise when we stumbled across a booth filled with adorable handmade clothes for little girls! Both Lydia and Lola got new dresses and are sure to look exactly like Laura & Mary Ingalls when they play together in the yard this summer. Lydia of course being Laura and Lola playing the part of big sister Mary before she went blind.
This is Lola's second year coloring Easter eggs and so far this year beats last. She was very interested in the eggs and the eggs changing colors. Turns out the purple eggs were her favorite.
Lola received a fabulous new outfit from her Grandma & Grumpa who recently returned from Hawaii. She was more than happy to put on a fashion show and of course a dance routine because when is Lola not dancing? 
Normally they are perfect but on special occasions they are in rare form. Like the photo above. All we wanted was to capture was a photo of these two together, looking at the camera and smiling. All the children wanted was to not have this happen. They have officially passed down their perfect torch to sweet little Lydia who was indeed perfect all day long! And might I add, looking very fashionable. 
Lola and I took a day off of work and school so we could head to Toledo and help Jen get registered for baby gear. Anyone who has registered at Babies R Us knows that this is NOT an easy task and for a first time Mom can be very stressful. Jenny did great! She had researched most items prior to registering day and had her list ready. However it still took us about 4 hours. Lola was a good girl and took a nap in her stroller for about an hour & half. She also got to ride in the goofy Elmo car which made her very happy. When finished registering we headed to Tiger Bakery. A trip up to Toledo is never complete without making this stop. We also got to squeeze in a quick visit with Jen's Mom.
Lola had a jammed packed weekend last weekend as she attended two birthday parties for 3 kids! Bronx and Anora had their first birthday in Columbus on Saturday and Max celebrated his second birthday on Sunday. Lola had so much fun at both parties and would like to wish all of her good friends Happy Birthday!!!! (and thanks for the cake)
One of the bonuses of having a husband that's currently unemployed is that he is free during the day to attend functions at Lola's school with us. Today was family snack day at 2pm. Aaron and Ian showed up and surprised Lola but it wasn't Lola who was excited to see them, it was Rowan! Lola instantly started whining but Rowan greeted them by doing happy stompy feet and a little shriek of laughter. 
After snack the kids got crazy wild and Rowan pinned Lola against the wall. He thought this was hilarious. She didn't.
