Eleanor's friends came over for Party Number Two on Sunday. The exclusive guest list included: Alexandra, Tom, Athena, Peter, Nina, Harry, Natasha, and Kyra. Jake was unable to attend as he had a previous engagement in Christchurch. 
Tom and Eleanor are arch-friends at creche; playing together until they end up wrestling each other to the ground.
Alexandra is two days younger than Eleanor. She makes rather a nice photo.
Athena selected her party dress herself.
Family came on Saturday to celebrate Eleanor's second birthday.
Eleanor has reached the stage where she appreciates the present itself more than the wrapping paper, which is a pleasing stage for the people who brought her the presents.
Eleanor had a good day today. She went to creche in the morning and had a cake there with her friends. She was a bit overwhelmed and didn't sing along to Happy Birthday or blow out the candles, but it sounds like it was nice.
At home we gave her a little bit of cake. She sang Happy Birthday with us and blew out the candles. It was very sweet. I suppose that she didn't make a wish. I'll make one for her: a long and happy life with love and not too much sadness.
In order to teach Eleanor about being frustrated we took her to a Chinese restaurant ordered her some delcious food and gave her chop sticks.
After spending a few minutes chasing food around the plate Eleanor remembered she had hands.
