The Four Fullers: The Season of Two

Sydney had her birthday on December 15th. Shortly after, we helped to celebrate her friend Kate's birthday. Then, her friend Reina (who currently lives in Okinawa) celebrated her second birthday. This weekend, we got to help bring in the BIG 2 for one of Sydney's BFF's...Maggie :)

Sydney was excited to help Maggie put her 1 year old status to bed and double her age. They are growing so quick, they are speaking so much, and they are truly becoming sophisticated young ladies. Sydney, like Maggie, is becoming a mature little toddler with a bunch of ambitions for the future. But for now, a great party with good company is what the doctor ordered.

Maggie and Sydney enjoy

coloring together.

The party itself was great. Maggie was surrounded by friends, family, and enough frosting to put a horse in a coma...or at least a few pygmy goats. Of course, the cupcakes were well worth the sugar rush and crash.

Maggie's first birthday!

In thinking of these young women of two, it amazes me the realities in which friendships currently exist...which are completely foreign to the years when I was young. That's right, I hate to admit it, but I'm from the era of record players, eight track, pong, and the rotary telephone. But, our new little two year olds will never know limits when communicating with friends. Sydney already picks up a toy phone and starts ask Maggie how her day was. Unfortunately, this likely means that in just a couple of short years these little ones will likely find themselves actually emailing, facebook'ing, texting, and tweeting back and forth to each other. I'm sure these little ladies will want their own web pages, or blogs. Of course, I remember when the Internet didn't even exist when I was in high school...at least not until my sophomore year! The first phone was huge, and now everything is smaller and faster (except in Sudden Valley, where we can only get a signal wearing tin foil on our heads and standing on our left leg sporting a spoon in our mouth). But, whatever the technological medium should be, it should be supported by the parents. Good friendship is a precious thing, and it should be supported, valued, and embraced as much as possible.