What Makes a Good Birthday?

Hi folks! This isn't Tyrus today, it is Teddy. I'm taking over the blog for the day to answer a very important question, "What makes a good birthday?"

See, yesterday was my 2nd birthday and I think it was a pretty good one, so let me share with you what happened in my day.

First, I got to play with my brother Tyrus. We've really been enjoying our new train table that Gram Gram & Papa Peters got for us (Papa actually built it!). We spend hours around this table playing with our trains, or putting together puzzles, or building stuff with blocks. It is just perfect for us!

After a morning of playing and hanging around the house, we got a yummy lunch. We are big boys now, so we take big bites! We had to eat some good, nutritious food like peaches to keep our energy up for all the day still had in store.

When we got up from our naps, Daddy was home and took us outside to play and wait for some special guests. My Grammie Peterson, Gram Gram Peters and Papa Peters all were able to come over for dinner and a cozy little birthday celebration.

An absolutely essential element for a good birthday is two loving, fun grandmas who will swing with you!

I'm getting very into baseball this year (check out the early blogs) and so it is only fitting for a good birthday to have a yummy cake with something you love on top!

Oh, and to let everyone sing to you before you dig into it!

I love to "Huff and puff and blow the house down", but I couldn't figure out where to aim my blow to hit the candle. Oh well! Good thing I had Tyrus to help me out.

After yummy cake come PRESENTS! A fantastic part about being the birthday boy is getting gifts from all the folks who love you! My Papa Peters was showing me my new Pop Up book from Gram Gram Peters. I definitely had a theme to my gifts this year....my love of whales and sharks! I got books about them, and a shark towel, and a shark backpack and a whole pile of new sharks to play with!

And, as the special day comes to an end, there is no better place to wrap up a good birthday than in Daddy's lap with a good book!

So there you go! In my opinion, those are all the elements of a good birthday! Thanks to all my family who made it super special.

And a special thank you too, to Uncle George, Aunt Lou Lou, Sarah, Karlie and Jenna for coming to see me on Sunday. I'll have Tyrus update you with some photos on their visit.