Birthday Week

I seem to be going backward in time in my attempt to catch up on the last month!  Since we had Finley's birthday party before her actual birthday, I was able to really relax and enjoy spending Birthday Week with my girl.  Each day, we did something special or a little out of the normal and it was so fun!  I love Birthday Weeks!

Monday:
Finley's school called because they were afraid she had pink eye so I picked her up early.  Fortunately, she didn't have pink eye, but she did have some sort of eye infection so we went out for icecream!  I love Baskin Robbins, but rarely go there for some reason.  Anyway, Finley and I split a scoop and it was a great way to begin our week!

Tuesday:
The weather was rainy so instead of playing outside, we went to the indoor play area at the mall.  Finley loves it and we had several playdates there this summer when it was super-hot.  Of course, we had just gotten there and they decided to close it in order to clean it.  Finley wasn't too happy about getting back in the stroller, but we occupied ourselves while they cleaned and then headed back to play.

Wednesday:
After school, we went to our favorite park and played!  There were two kids from Finley's school there who are about a year older and she had so much fun copying them.  I love watching her interact with other kids.

Thursday:
The weather was beautiful so we went to the zoo.  I was so surprised at how much more Finley enjoyed the zoo this time versus the last time we went.  She loved the animals and knew a lot of their names.  I could tell she was just taking everything in and promised her we would go again soon.  Of course, her favorite part was the water feature they have.  She loved guessing where the water was going to shoot out from!

Friday:
It was raining again so we went to a cupcake place and split a cupcake.  YUMMY!  I'm still not keen on Finley having a lot of sweets and because of that, it is ever so much more fun to enjoy them with her from time-to-time!  She was the official greeter and greeted everyone as they came in the door.  I think the owners wanted to keep her!!!!!

We also went to Walkaround that night for Homecoming.  We had debated about going since it had rained most of the day, but it ended up being a such a fun night!  Walkaround has always been a favorite event of mine so I would have hated to miss it.  Finley had an absolute BLAST.  I think she's going to be a huge Cowboys fan like her mom and dad!

Saturday:
Finley's actual birthday!!!!  We drove to Stillwater and took pictures on campus.  The sky was overcast which I thought would be perfect for pictures, but I had trouble shooting in manual and when I shot in automatic, Finley was overexposed.  I am really disappointed that more pictures didn't turn out.

After pictures, we went to Aunt Beth's and Uncle Kenny's to hang out and eat lunch.  Finley was super-tired so we decided to wait until after the game to do her birthday party.  An old friend of mine and Beth's came over and watched Finley while we were at the game and fortunately, Finley did great while we were gone!

Once the game was over, we picked Finley up and met Beth and Kenny for dinner.  We had a lot of fun and Finley was pretty well-behaved since she had her favorite people to entertain her.  After dinner, we went back to Beth and Kenny's where we sang Happy Birthday and ate cupcakes.

They got her the coolest present.  It's a recordable book so now she can listen to Aunt Beth and Uncle Kenny read her a book anytime she wants!!!!!!!  They also bought her a new Elmo video and I don't know who is happier me or Finley!  I'm so thankful to have something new to watch. ;)

I still can't believe Finley is actually 2!!!!!  What an amazing two years it has been!  I just love watching her grow up and can't wait to see where she is in another 2!