our two-year-old!

birthday girl getting her hair braided at the end of haircut

getting those ratty ends chopped off

family picture at ella's

bday girl plays with a whale

good morning, birthday girl!

siri turned two last monday. we went to breakfast at a place called ella's, toured a preschool (that we will NOT be applying to), and siri got her first hair cut ever! i have been so reluctant to get her hair cut since it's the hair she had when she was born, but the ends were getting pretty ratty and needed to be cleaned up. we have been seeing A LOT of temper tantrums lately. it was as if some internal clocked switched itself "on" as a bday gift to the two-year-old because we have at least one crying episode per day. at least. the latest was tonight, right before dinner. ms. brat-face asked for some dried peas. i gave her some in a measuring cup b/c she likes to eat snacks out of them. she flipped out for some reason, and i'm sure she has a perfectly good explanation in her head, but she didn't convey it to me. i set down the measuring cup on the island, and of course it tipped over and spilled all over the kitchen floor. i take a deep breath and get the broom to clean it up. then, ms. i-cry-for-what-seems-like-no-particular-reason points to a corner and says, "there." yep, i missed three peas.