She already has good taste.

It started a few weeks ago.  G’s second birthday was approaching and we decided we were going to go all out and get her a gorgeous redwood swingset for our yard.  She’s really into playgrounds these days so we were sure she would be thrilled.  The Walpole Woodworkers brochure was laying around the living room for weeks and we continually asked G if she was excited for the new playground.  Her reply EVERY time was “yes.  And Gu-ee-aana have birfday cake?”  Clearly she had priorities.  And of course the question “what do you want for your birthday” was always met with the same answer: “cake.”

On Thursday we had the swingset installed and after playing on it all evening, thoroughly exhausted, G stumbled inside and remembered something important was missing from her birthday surprise….. “Gu-ee-aaana have cake?”

We called our good friend and cupcake queen Kerri from Sweet Indulgence to make the cupcakes for the little party we were throwing G on Sunday.  When we asked Giuliana what flavor she wanted, she replied “how bout red velvet?”  She’s two.  She not only knows red velvet is a flavor, but she knows that’s the flavor she wants.  I love this girl.

Sunday afternoon rolls around and while G was napping we decorated the whole yard with ladybug balloons and red roses.  We thought G would be thrilled when she woke up!  Boy, were we wrong.  She was all dressed to head outside and she stopped dead in her tracks.  She wanted those balloons.  Inside.  I offered to bring one balloon inside for her and much to my dismay, this was how G felt about my offer:

“I WANT ALL OF THE BALLOONS INSIDE”  she declared as she banged her head on the floor.  Oh boy.  Welcome terrible twos.

Only one thing could save the day.  Cake.  Kerri’s cupcakes.  (Just voted RHODE ISLAND’S BEST by-the-way :0))  Kerri swung by before the party and as soon as she got out of the car, G perked right up.  She took one look at Kerri and said “I have cake!”  Kerri set up this awesome display and saved the day :0)

Giuliana turned out to be one happy birthday girl… and got to eat her cake too!