2 year birthday party

We had Ben & Ella's birthday party on June 20 at a nearby park that they love to play at. See pics of the party at www.flickr.com/photos/heathercim.

They played in the playground for a bit until it was time to eat. They didn't want to go eat, but I did, so we went and got some food. We chatted with friends and family while we ate. Later on, we sat down and opened some presents. Benjamin opened his first present, then Ella. When it was Benjamin's turn to open his 2nd present, he wanted me to get the stuff out of the first one! He started to cry because of it. Luckily, a friend of ours offered to get the stuff out and Benjamin was sorta happy with that and opened up other things.

After presents, we had a huge cupcake. The twins pretty much just ate the frosting.

Luckily, the day was nice. I was worried because it was raining quite a bit the previous day.

A couple of the presents that they got were for warm weather - over the past week, it was nice so we got them out. They were a couple things that you hook up to a hose and water comes spraying out. Ben & Ella were not so sure about these things and Ella freaked out when she got sprayed by some water. Hopefully, we can interest them in it by running in the water ourselves to show them it's o.k. However, Ella HATES it when we rinse her hair in the bath, so I don't know if that will help. We'll see. Benjamin might like it.

Anyway, it was a good day and we enjoyed seeing everyone there!