The idea of letting Brayden bring a group of friends to Great Wolf Lodge for her birthday came to us last October, when our family was there for Fall Break. Its a really fun place (assuming you like waterparks) and although we have a blast every year when we go with the cousins and other [...]
So, this is what just two-days-before-13 looks like: Selecting a Chinese Buffet for your birthday dinner with family, JUST SO you can eat an entire plate of crawfish. Or crawdads. I’m not really sure what the difference is. They all look disgusting. But you know what’s even more disgusting than eating an entire plate of [...]
The face of eleven: Or more accurately, the face of “If I cooperate, can I have extra Nintendo time tonight? Or more dessert? Or maybe a kitten????” …. And not to be confused with the “Geez, are you almost done yet?” face.
So in the end, the picture frames won. I’ll admit, it was a close race between that and the pillowcases. Actually, I would have loved to have done the party CD’s, but didn’t have enough time to go to the store, buy the blank cd’s and then burn all ten copies (why yes, today is [...]
OK, so tomorrow night is Brayden’s first-ever “Ten Squealing Girls for an Overnight Slumber Party Complete with Cake and and Hot Fudge Sundaes and Karaoke and Dance Dance Revolution and Dear Lord Where is the Advil Can I Take an Entire Bottle as a Preventative Measure Now?” sleepover birthday party. I’m sure it will be [...]
I woke up yesterday to the stark realization that one of my children was turning ten years old. Ten. T.E.N. As in, double-digits. As in, 1/10th of a century. As in, she has probably lived with us for over half of the time she *will* live with us. I don’t know whether that makes me [...]
Dear Brayden, Happy Birthday! Nine years ago today Blaine and I managed to fool someone in Heaven’s Baby Placement Department into thinking we were mature enough to be parents, and that afternoon, you were placed in our arms. I’m not quite sure what they were thinking, as we could barely keep a houseplant alive, but [...]