These two sweet peas are the cutest two year olds I know! And I love birthdays ... so we spent the past two weeks celebrating these girls turning TWO!
Warning: This is quite lengthy! We had lots of celebrations and lots of pictures!!!!
First we went to Gamma and Poppy's house to celebrate with a mini party. And cookie cake. (That was probably more for me than the birthday girls!)
Happy Birthday Twinkies!
Sweet Parker Girl
She looks so big!
All The Cousins Patiently Waiting for Their Food
Payton Telling Us "I Be TWO!"
Kisses for Gamma
This Was Gone By The Next Day
So Yummy
Blowing Out the Candle
Gamma and Poppy
Opening Presents
I love that little photo-bomber back there!
Cutie Pie
Such a good big brother!
The rest of the pics from this day are just the twins playing with some of their new toys. I probably included too many, but they are so funny!
Sharing Candy
Think Tank
Trying to figure out how to open these fruit snacks!
I Mean ... Come On!
Sister Joined In!
I Can't. :)
It's Too Much Cuteness
All the Cousins and All the Mommies
It's Hard to Get a Good One
These Two Make Me Smile
Playing in Great Grandma's Chair
Just the Right Size
The next day was GORGEOUS so we all played outside before we had to come back home.
The Yard: Raking and Sweeping?
And of course, in true Barrett Family fashion, when all the kids are together we have a photoshoot!
Barrett and His Girls
Lunch to End The Weekend
Every single person is looking at the camera. Seriously. How did Gamma do that?
The next weekend, the twins' actual birthday weekend, we visited the Perot Museum. The kids had waaaay more fun than we even expected! We will definitely be back to visit again!
Only These Two Were Brave Enough for the Skyline Picture
Walking In ....
... And Ready to Explore!
Working Up His Courage
Can't Contain His Excitement
"It's a Biiiiiiiig T-Rex Mommy!"
Showing Off His New Dinosaur Friend
Making a Light Show
Water Discovery
He stayed here for quite a long time ....
.... While the Girls Kept Running Across This Bridge
For Real. They Wouldn't Stop!
Building Blocks With the Dallas Skyline
Aaaaaand Back to the Bridge!
Finally Found the Slide
And This Girl Found Some Tunnels!
I Love This Picture
Making Patterns With Flowers
Sharing Her Flowers
Love that Teamwork
One of Barrett's favorite parts of the day was probably racing the T-Rex:
And our last stop inside the building was Animals!
I get that I'm a teacher nerd. But man! Watching these kids learn and discover so much during our museum visit was so much fun! I can't wait to go back when they are a little older when they can do even more activities there!
We tried to capture one last birthday moment picture before we left:
All Three In a Picture and You Can See Their Faces
I'll Take It!
It's Our Birthday!?!?!?!
I tried to avoid the frogs outside before we went in. Partly because it was so cold. But mainly because the girls love frogs, and they like to point at them and yell "frog!!!" Only, it doesn't sound like that. It sounds like "f$#%!!!" But, we made it through without any embarrassment.
And the kids loooooved playing on the frogs!
And on our way back to the car, this kiddo got to play a little music:
Next on the agenda: The Wilson Family Birthday Celebration.
I think there are seven January birthdays in the Wilson family. So we got to celebrate a LOT of birthdays with this side of the family.
Party Faces?
Arrrrrre You Going to Give Us Those Cupcakes or What?
Figuring Out How to Blow Out Candles
Birthday Present!
That face!
Using Each Other to Figure It Out
Persistence Girl
It'll Pay Off!
Parks Figured Out This Whole Opening The Presents By Herself Thing
Payton in Heaven with Her New "Dress On"
And Parks LOOOOOVES Her Accessories!
Matt and I were a little worn out from all the birthday fun, so on Birthday Eve we had a movie night and an inside picnic!
We watched Cinderella with the girls for the first time. After they ate, the kids came and snuggled with us while we finished the movie. It was the perfect way to spend the last night while our littles were still 1!
Finally! Their actual birthday came! We started the day with some birthday donuts!
"Monster Mommy! Monster!!!"
Lobster is what she was going for there.
Pigtails!
Ugh. Look at Those Baby Faces!!!
Cheese!
Also: I Did Not Teach Her the Sorority Pose
Bubble Windows Are Funny
Kissing the Fish
"I Doooo It! I Do It!"
Who? Us?
Not Sure If She's Looking at the Fish or the Reflection of Her Bow
Cracks Herself Up
Whatcha Doin' Mommy?
Payton's "Smile" Face
Look at That Little Face!
Mommy and a Birthday Girl
Then we met Daddy for a Birthday Lunch:
We Love Pizza
She Just Found Out Birthdays Mean Cupcakes
Kidding. That's just her excited face.
Love Seeing Daddy in the Middle of the Day
Trying So Hard to Smile for a Picture!!!
Playing with Our New Bikes!
I tried all day to get a cute picture of the girls in their little birthday outfits. You can see how well that went:
Nothing Says Happy 2nd Birthday Like Happy Hour at Chuys!
Daddy's Girl
Mommy's Girl
She's more excited than she looks!
Princesses for the Twincesses
"Cinder-EWWA"
One Last Candle for the Birthday Girls to Blow Out!
Parks Likes to Dive Right In
And Her Face is COVERED!
Payton Likes to Take Her Time and Use the Proper Utensils
And Big Brother Decided to Try Eating Like Parks Tonight!
He didn't last very long. He needed to wash his hands almost immediately!
Finally! Their actual birthday came! We started the day with some birthday donuts!
One twinkie was a mess and the other one stayed totally clean!
Once we were dressed, and still on a sugar high, we went to the aquarium. I love going there when it's not crowded! The kids just run around and have the best time looking at all the fish!
Lobster is what she was going for there.
Also: I Did Not Teach Her the Sorority Pose
Then we met Daddy for a Birthday Lunch:
Kidding. That's just her excited face.
Who knew we would ever be able to play outside on the girls' birthday? This weather is not what January is supposed to feel like! But we love it!
I tried all day to get a cute picture of the girls in their little birthday outfits. You can see how well that went:
And to finish our big birthday celebration, we ate dinner at Chuy's and then came home for cupcakes and presents!
She's more excited than she looks!
Making Sure Her Cupcake Doesn't Drop on the Floor ... Again
He didn't last very long. He needed to wash his hands almost immediately!
Happy Birthday Little Twinkies!
I can't imagine what life would be like if I wasn't a twin mom. And I can't imagine what this family would be like without each of you.
Parker, you are the best playmate for Barrett. You're little giggle is infectious and your smile lights up a room. You have an excitement for life that I hope you never lose! You love to explore and you LOVE to read books with Mommy. And you're still my little snuggle bug.
Payton, you keep everyone in the family in line. If I tell your brother or sister to stop doing something, you are always right behind me echoing the same thing. Just to make sure they heard me! You like to be independent and do things yourself. "I do it Mommy. NO! I do it!" You LOVE to play dress up. And I'm pretty sure that Mommy is still your favorite person in the whole world.
Big changes are coming in the next year! You're going to start preschool, probably dance or gymnastics, and you're just going to get more independent. But baby girls, I am going to keep you as close to Mommy as I possibly can. I LOVE YOU BOTH.
