Happy Birthday #2

As we mentioned in our previous post, Zoe's actual birthday was fairly low key. (If you call playing with friends, blowing out candles and opening gifts low key!) We invited some friends over for a Tofurky dinner on Wednesday as a second birthday celebration, this time including cake and ice cream. Zoe was willing to keep on celebrating.

All this celebrating, however, makes the little ones tired. A rare glare! For the dinner celebration, we dressed Zoe in the Kazakh vest we purchased in Almaty. We were trying to get her to pose for a photo (an impossibility at the best of times) in the vest and she reacted with a little temper. Most often we get a simple "no" when she doesn't want to do something. But now that she is 2, she is working up to showing and telling her displeasure with such requests. The little temper was quickly forgotten after a little rest with Bear. Zoe helped herself to our guests' shoes by the door. Bob's size 12 proved to be the biggest challenge and, thus, the most fun. The birthday cake! Zoe learned to say "Smarties" while eating her cake. Smarties are a Canadian version of M&M's and a new favourite of Zoe's! Luckily she hasn't discovered the stash where Mum is storing the extras that wouldn't fit on the cake.