Wyatt the Riot turns 2!

I love Wyatt the Riot!

Wyatt turned 2 a couple of weeks ago, and it has been a tradition with our kids that on their 2nd birthday we take them to Domino's Farms to see the animals.

Yup, Domino's Pizza owns it.

The headquarters are in Ann Arbor, and the farm has a collection of regular petting farm animals as well as several species from all around the world that are too strange to pet.

When we took Claire and Josh there for their 2nd birthdays it was exciting and fun,

but Wyatt surprised us...he was afraid of the animals!

Everything was cool until the donkey started heehawing in the barn, which got all the other animals riled up, and they all started singing their appropriate animals sounds.

All of a sudden Old MacDonald's farm was too loud and overwhelming for Wyatt, and he cried and cried and wouldn't let me put him down.

He would say "I scared!" Sad!!

He was ok a little later when we saw the animals outside, but was still weary of the animals inside the barn.

Claire loved the goats, and the feeling was mutual I think!

And Josh really loved the bunnies and guinea pigs - very cute!

Although I am forever reminded of a certain brother of Jason's who lost the tip of his finger to a vicious bunny!

("Where? Behind the rabbit?" "It IS the rabbit!")

Ya. So it was kinda a muddy day.

My kids are no strangers to mud.

I can only imagine that Josh was probably thinking of swan diving into the mud at this precise moment!

We waited a really really long time for the hayride to begin because the farm had a surprise farm inspection to attend to, so we had lots of time to see every single animal!

Since Jason was in Switzerland during Wyatt's bday, my mom came to help me out. She was heaven sent!

We made sure to skype with Jason as Wyatt opened his presents.

Josh drew Wyatt this awesome Thomas picture for a gift!

That night Wyatt wanted to sleep with his "birthday ball".

He even said "Move over kitty!" to the stuffed cats he sleeps with every night!

We held a tiny party for Wyatt the day after his birthday.

This was really his first birthday party ever because he was in the hospital last year at this time and we missed out on giving him a party.

It was pretty little. Just my 3, and 3 other kiddos.

The only kid missing in this picture is his little friend Isabelle, his betrothed.

She's cute, and her mom is Canadian too, so it would make immigration papers a cinch!

I made orange julius for the party, and it was delicious!

Here are Wyatt's cute ice cream cone cupcakes .... right before I dropped half of them on the floor! Ha.

Wyatt loves to sing the happy birthday song to himself!

He was quite delighted that everyone was singing it to him.

When you ask him "How old are you?" He will always answer "Good."

Then, if you ask him again he will reply "6", because that's how old Josh is.

He's in denial over the whole terrible 2's.

Wyatt James is not terrible at all.

He is such a sweet boy, and he loved the cupcakes....

Even if they did fall on the floor! :)