Addie's half-birthday

Last week, Addie had her half-birthday and it was the best one yet. We did not say a word to her about her half-birthday coming up, or even that it was her half-birthday the day of. Instead, we treated it as any other normal day, then after dinner, told Addie we had a suprise for her. She gets excited about surprises. Then, we lit a candle on top of an iced sugar cookie and sang "happy half-birthday" to her. Her eyes lit up and she said "it's my birthday?!?!?!" We tried to explain to her that it was her HALF birthday and that she was now 2 and a half. Either way, she was really excited and kept saying, "it's my birthday today!" After eating her cookie, we told her there was another surprise for her. She got excited all over again, having no idea what the other surprise might be. When we brought 2 presents to her (one from us, and one from Poppi and Nana-the masterminds behind celebrating half-birthdays), she immediately knew what to do. Below, you will see the progression of the events/
Showing off her sugar cookie

We got a princess tea set for her

Opening the present from Poppi and Nana

An Ariel dress

So excited to dress up like Ariel!

Daddy teaching her about the differetnt pieces in the tea set.

Loving the tea

Levi loves tea parties probably as much as Addie does

The first thing both kids did the following morning was to climb up in the chairs and have another tea party