My Little Witch

Look at those eyes!  Brandi was a cute little witch tonight at Ryan's party.  All the kids had a ball.  In fact, I was told by my friends grandson that it was the best party he had ever been to.  He's only 6, but I still took it as a compliment.  All I know is that I am exhausted, so it's time for bed.

Parties

 I spent today making food and cleaning house for Kasi's birthday parties that are coming up this weekend.  Tomorrow night is her slumber party, and then Sunday I am having my mom and a couple of family friends over.  We were originally going to have it at my mom's house, (she has the pool) but the weather isn't going to cooperate, so I'm just going to do it here.  That means that I will clean the house for one party, and then turn around and re-clean it for the next party. 

My kids better appreciate this.

As I was cleaning today, I started thinking about Ryan's birthday.  For the past three years, we have done a Halloween themed party for him since his birthday is the first week of November.  This year, he is going to be 15, and I am worried that he won't want to have a party.  I hope that is not the case, because I love getting the kids dressed up, and having all the kids who come to the party get dressed up.  My little nephew used to love Elmo, and I found the cutest Sesame Street Costumes online at www.costumekingdom.com that he would flip over.  I don't think he would wear them himself, but he has a new little sister who would look adorable in this costume:

I mean, what kid wouldn't look adorable in that?

It's New Year's Eve!

Tonight is the night! New year's eve. We have no plans, other than playing games and spending time as a family. If I know Junior, he will be asleep by eight, and the kids and I will stay up til the ball drops. I am sure there will be some fierce games of wii bowling, and probably more than one game of tennis. The only thing I do not want to do tonight is talk about medicare supplement plans. Thankfully it will be many years before I have to start worrying about that.

I prefer not to go anywhere, so I don't have to worry about making it home safely. But to all of you who do brave the roads tonight, please be careful. If you drink, don't drive. If you drive, don't drink. Simple as that. I want you all to still be here tomorrow.

Cupcakes

My mom made these cupcakes for Kasi's birthday party yesterday. They were yellow cupcakes, with chocolate frosting. She used fondant to make the leaves and the flowers, and then stuck the little umbrellas in them. Don't they look just too good to eat?

You did a great job, mom. Thanks!

A Moment's Peace

I gave my sister-in-law the frames I made today, and she liked them. Yay! I had fun making them, so I am happy that she is happy.

This is the first time all day I have found a minute to get on here. I am downloading pictures from Kasi's birthday party, and hopefully I'll get them online tomorrow. The kids had so much fun.

I did too. :)

My Horrible Floors

I am finally done dusting. It took me two hours, but it's all done. Every elephant is dust free, and now I can move on to other things.

The laundry is all clean and folded, but still sitting on the kitchen table. The food is waiting to be prepared. I am thinking about doing the pasta salad tonight so that it can get all yummy overnight. The fruit salad can wait until tomorrow. I bought strawberries, apples, a pineapple, grapes, cantaloupe, and a watermelon. Sounds delicious, right? I am going to attempt to use half the watermelon as a bowl, but we'll see. I have to do the water balloon tomorrow, and the regular balloons. I still need to mow the grass and get the yard cleaned, but I think I will let Junior take care of that. I still have to tackle this nasty carpet. I was thinking that maybe we should look into Portland Flooring and have something else put down instead of carpeting. I want something easy to clean, but that is still pretty.

I wonder if the management company would pay for something like that? I don't think so either, but it wouldn't hurt to ask, right?

Halloween Costume Ideas

I have mentioned this before, many times, but we just love Halloween around here. We love buying Halloween costumes, and having a huge party. It just so happens that Ryan's birthday is right around that time, so we just combine the two, and have a Halloween Birthday Party. Most years, I slap on a pair of animal ears and call it a costume. Junior never dresses up. I think this year, though, I might talk him into wearing a doctor coat with the scrubs in the picture. He can be the doctor, and I'll be the patient. I love the costume with the butt hanging out of the hospital gown. That's too funny!

Costume Cauldron has a great variety of adult costumes, as well as kids costumes. After looking at the costumes available, I think this year I might make it a theme costume party. I think I'll write on the invitations that everyone has to dress up in something related to the medical field. I bet people can get really creative! I bet I'd have not only doctors and nurses show up, but accident victims from the emergency room, or maybe a patient in the middle of surgery, with their insides hanging out. I love when I come up with great ideas like this!

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