Oh, baby girl.
Lucy turned two on the twenty-eighth. We set the table with Grandma and Grandpa Tate's presents...and some baubles and things. It was a dress-up and drink tea kind of birthday, and Lucy was excited. She said, "Mah birthday come up!" The table before the kidlins got to it.

You know it's your birthday when you get fruit loops for breakfast.

Brothers get fruit loops, too.
A pretty tutu and flower wreath for Lucy.
Grandma and Grandpa Tate's other gift- Milly-Molly Mandy. Lucy carried her around all day.

Bowden attempts to land the wreath...unsuccessfully.
We bought this wading pool as a gift for Bella Irving, but there was no place for it, so we gave her something else, and Lucy had a pool party with the visiting Ethan Richard and Bowby.
The little squirters made for a nice drinking fountain.
Later we had a tea-party with the staff.
Oh, yes, I made scones and tiny cucumber sandwiches.

Lucy loved opening her gifts, but I don't think she knew what they were until we took them inside.
One of her favorites was the bugcatching gear from Sherry and Meghan Christiansen (who always know what the right gift is.)
And of course, cake. I actually "made" a box cake in little bundt pans, but in the rush of the moment, forgot to grease the pans. The delicious little things were made with a whole stick of butter and shaved dark chocolate, but were useless. Lisa ran down to the camp kitchen and got me a little chocolate bundt cake we keep in the freezer for camper's birthdays...
...which was excellent, because Lucy love chocolate. I stuck a little paper parasol and two candles in it, and she kept blowing on the parasol. Only Lucy got cake, which may be why Bowden looks the way he does in the background.
Lucy got a myriad of pretty clothes, which may become blog-fodder and clog up my posts. Some of the staff girls got her pesents, too- most notably a big box of crayons and a jar of blue hand-made play-doh with plastic sea-creatures. And the Shirley's got her books...she is a very happy little girl with books.