Madeline's 'second' 2nd birthday!

For Madeline's birthday today, we went to the coffee/cupcake shop where Jordan works, in West Seattle. Madeline got her birthday cupcake, Hobbes got a chocolate cupcake, and we all got coffee! Jill came and met all of us, and then we headed down to Alki Beach to walk along the water. Although it was chilly and a little rainy, it was still pretty, and allowed the kids time to run off the sugar. Afterwards, we got lunch at a fabulous little Mexican place, and then headed home for naps. This evening, we had our friends Lily and Jonathan and baby Ryle (and their parents!) over for cake and presents, and the kids were sooo excited! Hobbes kept going to the door to see if they had come to knock on it yet, and Madeline kept singing, "birthhhdayyy, Me! Jonafan, birfday..." and when they finally came, the kids were literally bouncing up and down-and they hadn't even had cake and ice cream yet! Altogether, I would say it was a great birthday, and we hope to have many many more with our darling girl!

Cupcake face!
Jill came and had birthday coffee (well, juice for Madeline!) with us, and we all went down to Alki beach!
Madeline loves playing with her Uncle Jordan!
The crazy parents.:)

The cake was Madeline's hat from the Madeline book series. I thought it fitting, as that is where I found her name!Had to throw in some polka dots to continue the French theme!
Eating a HUGE glob of ice cream...
opening Lily & Jonathan's present-a purse with pretend makeup and phone!! She loves it!