Naomi's 2nd Birthday Party

Our new circumstances in a new place have put a halt on my elaborate b-day celebrations for the kids. But then the ice-storm came and knocked all the wind out of the sails of Naomi's quiet, home party. Luckily, she's young enough that she doesn't know the difference. (But I do.) :S

Anyway, Naomi has been getting her presents in spurts. We hid the "Printhess Scooter" that Debby got her in the pantry. But Naomi went to throw something away and saw it. So she got it early. The items that I've bartered for have not come in the mail yet, so she had no presents from us. My parents were snowed-in in Searcy, so she'll get those presents when we go for N's check up on the 9th and 10th.

However, she was able to open her presents from Brent, Kelli, Rachel, and Simon over a web-chat. That was pretty fun, and she talked about it all day. (I forgot to take pictures of her doing that.)

While I made cupcakes (my cake pans are apparently with the missing silverware... which I didn't realize until we were frozen in), the kids, JR and Debby (who came up for the weekend) snowboard/sledded in our front "yard". (no pics, sorry)

For dinner, we had home-made pizza which is one of Naomi's favorites. Then we opened the presents we had here that were left. Gideon picked out princess shoes for N to wear with her dress up clothes. Debby got her some clothes and a new baby-doll which she named "Kerri" after Elaina's friend.

Then we had singing and cake on "printhess plates".

She's having a blast.

Tomorrow, I will interview her for her 2 year development report. Then Wednesday I will "go dark". I bought the 3-day Potty-training e-book I mentioned previously. We are almost out of diapers, so Wednesday we will throw away whatever we have left and knock this potty-training out. Don't worry... I'll post a full review of the book and the process. (and whether-or-not it works) :)

Here's the slide-show of Naomi's "party".