The Big 2.0

It finally happened last week--we made it to the big 2.0 birthday. We survived the first two years, which a lot of twin moms say are the hardest. To celebrate, Eric and I took the day off work for a day of fun with P&F. Of course, as luck would have it, I caught whatever bug Piper had during our Boston trip and was sick as a dog. But, we persevered with our day of fun.

We started at the Playseum in Bethesda. It's this tiny, kinda weird kids museum, which we probably would never have gone to, if I hadn't bought a great Living Social deal a few months ago. Eric and I were kind of meh on it, but the kids had a blast.

Fletch couldn't get enough of the animal room.

Piper preferred the play store.

 They both loved the fire station.

After about 90 minutes of playing and exploring, we grabbed a quick lunch and then headed home for naps. Both kids fell asleep in the car, but somehow we miraculously transferred them to their crib for another 2 hours of sleep, which gave us time to get ready for the party.

If you couldn't tell by her appearance in nearly every photo, Piper is really into Dora these days, so she got Dora decorations. Fletch loves Sesame Street, so that was his theme. I was going to do all one theme, but since P&F are so different, I thought they deserved their own. Both loved the decorations.

As a PSA to other toddler parents: don't bother to get them any gifts for their birthday. Just get a half dozen mylar balloons with various characters on them, and you're set. Piper and Fletch are still going crazy for these balloons nearly a week later.

After naps, Eric's parents came over, and we celebrated. We started with opening gifts.

And an attempt at a family picture. We may have to do a reshoot on that one....

Then it was onto dinner and cake. Unfortunately, as you can see in this picture and just like in Boston, Fletch did not like the cake and candles. I've since learned that it's pretty common for toddlers to be scared of candles and then associate them with cake. Maybe he'll overcome it by his third birthday.

After all that fun, P&F went down for the night and were full of smiles and hugs. They are such cute, smart, loving kids, and I couldn't be happier to be their mom and watch them grow. Happy Birthday, my babies!

P.S. In case all the pictures weren't enough, we also have a video recap, which you can see here.

P.P.S. Big shout out to Little One Boutique for the awesome Dora and Sesame Street shirts. They are great to work with, and did an awesome job customizing the shirts just the way I wanted them.