Lyla's Birthday

The following, is what we did on Lyla's actually birthday. (Oct. 13th). A post of her party will come next!

Lyla's Aunt Mary always seems to plan the mailing of her gifts perfectly! Every year they come right on her birthday! This is a doll from the movie Tangled. This is her first "barbie", but she just calls her "baby". Lyla is actually very good about taking care of the dolls long hair too. If it starts too get to tangled (no pun intended) she will bring it to me to fix it. Love this smile she posed for us! :)

Another good smile! Lyla REALLY enjoys painting and markers. Crayons are not her preference anymore. She likes to use paintbrushes when ever she can. Thankfully we now have three of these coloring books that came with watercolors and a brush!

One of the outfits from Aunt Mary and Momma Dot! Casey and I are always happy to see new clothes in the present she sends!

Aunt Jo Jo, (my sister) was the giver of this exciting gift! Lyla's eyes got very big when she saw her very own tiny cake. Jordan also gave her a "baby lion" (Nala from the Lion King), and a little tent that had the baby lions on it. She played house for a while, putting her baby down for a nap, hiding, etc. And asking to eat her cake about every 15 minutes! Haha. We all ate it together that evening after supper. We just let her dig in, similar to her first birthday.

We also went to eat lunch with her at Learning Land. It was neat to see how they do things and how they handle the children if they are not eating their lunches. And it was also neat to see what the other parents packed for lunches. We sang to Lyla, she seemed a tad shy when we did. Her teacher Mrs. Lisa said when the class sang "Happy Birthday" to her she was very embarrassed. She has never been the center of attention with so many little ones her age before. Mrs. Lisa was slightly shocked saying "Lyla is NEVER like that!". I made mini-cupcakes to share with her class. Lyla was very excited to share them first thing when we walked in the door! She sat down and started opening the container talking non-stop about the treat she brought for everyone. So cute. :)