these girls know how to tear it up!

Last night we had a little party for A's birthday. My parents came over and we had pizza (A's fave) and then cake, and opened presents. A loved everything she got and had a great time -- no signs of feeling unloved because she did not have a moon bounce princess extravaganza like we threw for E. All in all it was a great evening. It was great to see how happy A was to get her presents, blow out the candles on her cake and sing "Happy Bird-day" to herself. But, what was even more entertaining was watching E react to all of this. E wanted *so bad* to be in the thick of the present opening and candle blowing. She kept saying, "Oh, it looks like she needs help..." when A would open a present so that she could tear the paper off herself. When we told her A was fine, she would provide friendly advice from the sideline, like this:

Watching the two of them be so excited for presents made me get totally pumped up for Christmas, since this year they will both get it. I don't know about your house, but in our house Santa's gifts were unwrapped. However, after watching them tear through the gifts this time...Santa might have to rethink that strategy.