Weekend Recap

Girls and I had a wonderful weekend.. thank goodness for beautiful weather, despite the blanket of pollen that seems to be covering the city. The girls, however, seem to immune - which is nice - as my coughing and scratchy throat are all I can handle at the moment.

We had birthday parties to attend Saturday and Sunday - which essentially means I flipped on the "Taxi" sign on top of my car on Saturday afternoon. I cut it back off sometime last night. Funny - there's no clean up crew or anything like that showing up to detail... oh well.

Saturday afternoon both girls were invited to one of our dearest friend's seventh birthday.... she's absolutley one of BOTH the girls closest friends - and we spend much time together. The weather cooperated beautifully, and the outside party went over well. Just the right mix of friends and family. Our theme for Saturday? Well, indeed - the eighties return ... it was a "CareBear" party all the way. The kids couldn't break the overstuffed pinata for the life of them, so - Birthday Girl's Dad made some minor "adjustments," and soon enough, there was candy all over the floor of the carport.

Sunday ... we actually made it to church on time... Sunday School and everything.... mommy was in an exceedingly good mood upon our arrival ... causing most of my friends to do a double take as our car pulled into the parking lot.... on top of which, I was having a GREAT hair day. Anyway, post church hustle to pick up a birthday gift for Friend #2. This party was Jordin's - a friend from dance turning five. (Apparently, the girls had never seen each other in anything but tutus and tulle - as they almost didn't recognize each other when we arrived... funny. ) "We" chose a "Fairytopia" Barbie and some cute plastic necklaces... wrapped it all up and grabbed a PB&J at home. Five minutes down the road to the Movie Theatre.... what a perfect place for a party. Twelve kids, one party room, one reserved theatre, twelve tickets to The Pacifier ... and everyone is happy. Even the mommies were happy - nothing like Vin Diesel, anywhere you put him. (If you ask me, anyway) Sarah Beth and I played some video games in the arcade, and then she and I saw the movie with the party.

Took the girls over to a friends house on Sunday night ... planned a "Mothers Day Tea," for the kids at church, made a list of Things to Do for said party, and then headed home to bed.

Anyway... it was a Good Weekend. Made me glad I am a mom... again.

Rachael