We had a small family birthday party for Maya on the day of…burgers, presents, then cake and ice cream.

Maya’s grandparents bought her a ride-on toy that she likes, but will love once she gets taller so that *ahem* both feet can touch the ground at once.

She’s not much help with opening packages yet, but really enjoyed her birthday cards.

Here, she’s rough-housing with grandpa while mama opens the presents…I think I have an acrobat or gymnast in the making.

Maya turns the packages into an obstacle course while I play show-n-tell with her new stuff.

She LOVES the activity cube. Yay!

Modeling her birthday girl shirt (read: wearable bib) before cake time.

Hmmmm…what IS this?

Oh, YEAH. Now we’re talkin’.

I almost forgot the hat! That worked out well, though…by the time I put it on her, she was so involved in her cake, she didn’t rip it off, LOL.

It’s official folks. I have a *girl* — she ate most of her cake and ice cream, and THIS is all of the destruction. She was SO intent on the cake, all of what she dropped was by accident (as opposed to a normal mealtime when it’s commentary, ie, “peas do not belong on my plate!”).

The full set of birthday photos are here.