Thanks, Aunt Alison and Uncle Joel!

My sister and brother-in-law sent a gift for Landon. Here are pictures, so they can see him opening and enjoying it. We're going to visit them soon, so Alison made him his own carry-on bag, and they filled it with fun stuff to do on the plane.

The bag:

A sticker book:

A magnet book:

Curious George Goes to the Beach:


They sent Goodnight, San Francisco, too, but I don't have a picture of that one.

A Magna Doodle:


And an airplane:


Thanks, guys!

Happy Birthday, Landon!

Happy birthday, Landon! Two years already--wow!

We spread out Landon's gifts throughout the day, so he could play with each one.

Opening lowercase Fridge Phonics letters first thing this morning:

A Sesame Street movie:

A t-ball set:

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In Landon's own words, "A bike!"

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And his very own banjo:

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Happy birthday, big boy! We love you!

Birthday party!!!

Today we celebrated Landon's soon-to-come second birthday with a Sesame Street party! Here are LOTS of pictures!

Making personal pizzas:

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Playing with Sesame Street toys while the pizzas baked:

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Eating pizza:

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Filling Oscar's trash can with trash and dumping it back out:

(In the background there, you can see the Big Bird footprints that we followed around the room.)

Sticking cookies on Cookie Monster's mouth:

The Elmo and Grover hats we made:

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The presents (the big Elmo is just a decoration, though):

Opening presents:

Sandbox from Gramma and Papa:

Cozy Coupe from Grandma and Grandpa (he calls it "Landon's Durango):

Oscar the Grouch, Cookie Monster, and Elmo cupcakes:

A special one for my sister who lives far away and couldn't be here today:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ALISON!!!

Eating an Oscar cupcake and ice cream:

What a mess!!!

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I think (and hope) that the party was a hit and the kids had fun. I know that Landon did! Happy early birthday to him!