Birthday Week To Dos

With Elliana's 2nd birthday coming up, I've been thinking about fun things I want to do with her the week of her birthday. I love to celebrate all kinds of events and birthdays are definitely one of my favorites, especially when it it's my baby girl's! 

So here is are our Birthday Week To Dos!

1. Start a countdown. Countdowns are a great way to keep kids included in events/holidays, plus it's helps them learn numbers.

2. Pick out a book at the bookstore. Elliana loves books, and enjoys being read to. I also can't count how many times I've peeked in her room at night and she's laying in bed reading to her babies...in the dark. She will enjoy picking out a special book for her special day. 

3. Have a sleepover with mom and dad. Of course this will include her favorite movie, Frozen.

4. Share a treat. It's never to early to teach kids about sharing and serving. Even though this is about Elliana's special day, I want to teach her that there are other people out there who are special and need to know they are loved by others. Elliana is absolutely in love with babies (real and fake ones), so I thought this year we would take a special treat to the local Sav-A-Life office and thank them for taking care of other mommies and babies in our community. 

5. Bake and decorate cookies together. I thought since we will be having plenty of cake at her birthday get together, cookies would be something fun, easy, and different. 

6. Go get some froyo in pajamas the night before birthday. Yum...I'm getting more and more excited about this week! I have always wanted to do this! 

7. Put balloons in her room before she wakes up on her birthday! This will require some serious ninja moves, luckily she's pretty deep sleeper.

8. Decorate her chair at the table. I have a feeling this might make staying at the table a little bit easier for her.

9. Have a festive breakfast. More than likely it will be our traditional funfetti pancakes!

10. Let her open a present in the morning before daddy leaves. With Lucas' work we never know when he will be home, sometimes he gets home after her bedtime. So this will be an enjoyable moment for both of them. 

11. Decorate the car. Haven't quite decided what I want to do with this yet, but the possibilities are endless! 

12. Make her lunch extra special! Since she will be going to school on her birthday, I have all kinds of ideas I want to do for her lunchbox, and plus bake a little something for the class to share as well. 

Well there you have it! I'm really excited about her birthday this year, I guess because she is older, and will be able to do more things and understand them better. But that doesn't mean I don't miss my little baby that she once was. 

What traditions do you have to celebrate your little ones?