Avril's Birthday

So this week was the celebration of Avril's two year birthday. Her birthday was last Wednesday, but my parents are making a bad habit of being out of town on our birthdays this year, so we waited for them to come back. My lovely grandparents came in from out of town to do some balloons and help wrangle the kids, and we had a grand time. I don't know how Avril already knew so much about birthdays - she seemed to be a natural. She knew that we would sing to her and she would blow out the candle; she also knew what presents were and what to do with them. That made me laugh, she was in mom's room and didn't want to come out at one point so all I had to say was that we would sing a song and then she could open her presents. She said "Alright!" and ran right out into the living room. I didn't even know she knew what presents were. Anyway, she loved everything people gave her and really enjoyed having her friends there. It's really strange for her to be two already; I still remember bringing her home like it was yesterday.