party girl

our little lilly bear will not officially be two until saturday...but with father's day next weekend we decided to have her birthday dinner a little early. after last year's debacle, we thought having the party at our house would be a pretty safe bet. family and a couple of lil's closest pals came over to shower our big girl with some birthday love. 

sofia and grace were so nice to bring over their bounce house! unfortunately i was inside getting all the food ready and didn't get too many pics...but at one point i looked out the kitchen window and almost every kid was bouncing. you really can't beat a bounce house at a kid's birthday party :)

everyone singing to the birthday girl

of course big sis had to get in on the action

deciding which piece she wants...

present time! (after dessert...obviously! can someone get the birthday girl a washcloth?)

a new bikini...hooray!

a card from nene & dow that sang the "chicken dance."

dress-ups!

trying on all of her gifts...a sciales family tradition

maybe #3 will be a boy...otherwise daddy doesn't stand a chance ;)

the celebrations have just begun for this almost 2 year old!! i think it's only right she gets an entire birthday week :)