Maverick's Birthday!

 We really enjoy celebrating each of our boys' actual birthdays in addition to their little parties.  While the parties are fun, it's tough to actual relish quality time with them in the midst of all of the party craziness.  I enjoy our little family celebrations on their actual birthdays themselves a little more!

On Maverick's 2nd birthday, he crawled into our bed around 6:30am, ready to start the day!

Mommy & Maverick made a special trip to the donut store, where he picked himself out a heart shaped sprinkled donut. Yummmm!

 Don't worry, he got one for his big brother too!

Next up - a trip to the local children's museum for some fun :)

 Macallan was all too content to ride around in the sling.

At the museum, our birthday boy did some fishing....

They performed a play for us.

He played with some trains and cars (typical 2 year old boy!)

And spent a little time in "time out" for misbehavior.

 He even rode a pretend Kansas tractor.

We then reported to the pediatrician for his 2 year check up.  He is growing like a weed!

Height - 34 1/4 inches = 50th percentile

Weight - 30 pounds = 75th percentile

Mitchell drew an adorable little picture of our family on the chalkboard in the waiting room.

I couldn't quite figure out what he was drawing here...and then he explained that he was drawing Macallan being carried in Mommy's arms.

The Folks Family...by Mitchell Folks

Mitchell was very concerned about Maverick once he learned that he'd be getting shots at his appointment, but Maverick took them like a champ!  He barely cried and showed no symptoms afterwards.

 

Macallan was very glad there were no shots for him!

 

 Our afternoon fun lead us to the TRex restaurant at the Legends.

Maverick really enjoyed checking out the fish...

 And the dinosaurs.

 Even digging for fossils!

We concluded the special day by inviting Grampy over for a dinner of Maverick's favorite things -Hot Dogs, Corn on the Cob and Baked Beans.  He ate TWO full ears of corn on the cob!

But also saved some room for cake and ice cream.  He loved his homemade Fish cake.

 But probably enjoyed his presents more!

All in all, we had a WONDERFUL day with our birthday boy!  He is certainly a handful at this age, but we wouldn't change him for the world.  You can't help but be completely entertained by the little ball of fire!  We love him DEARLY!