Thursday evening I shopped Baby Daze – woo hoo! I haven’t shopped it in a year and a half (and boy did I make up for that!) Mainly I was after clothes for Joanna, but I picked up a few miscellaneous things as well.
It didn’t take long for the kiddos to start finding the stuff to play with. Natalie has on some new dress-up and a Thomas back pack:
I figure both she and James will get some use out of it. Natalie likes Thomas a lot.
I love this boy. :)
In the next few pictures we have another couple of dress-ups, a Diego folding chair, and the “tall chair” that Natalie is sitting in. I LOVE this thing! I’ve seen them in real-life before, but couldn’t justify spending money on one since Natalie is perfectly capable of sitting on her knees in a regular chair. This really is perfect for her though!
By this point Joanna had decided three flashes in a row was too much!
The house was too dark for a picture of moving people without the flash though. I really don’t like using a flash, and I try when I can to take pictures without it. When I know that it’s just too dark and my subjects are little fast people, I just turn it on since it’s better than no picture!
And now, a ramble from me:
I have been sooooo tired lately, and just not in the mood to do much of anything. I’ve also found myself stressing over little things. I feel like I’m getting back on track though. And James has been sleeping better the last couple of days, which always brings more sanity!
The girls are having a playday combo birthday party next week that I’m trying not to stress too much over. I know they just want to play with their friends and eat treats and hear “Happy Birthday to You,” so I’m intentionally keeping it simple with just a few friends at the park on a weekday. Of course, with the rain we’ve been having, it may turn in to just a few friends in our living room. And that’s okay too! I am going to try and keep the house picked up and clean this week.
For treats at their party, I want to do something that doesn’t require silverware (or maybe even plates!). I thought about both cookies and cupcakes. I know kiddos love all the mess of cupcakes (but I really hate cake!) My girls love cookies too, but they just don’t scream “birthday” to me. But then I ran across the idea of doing cake batter or cake mix cookies. Maybe the perfect marriage of cookie and cupcake! I’ve made cake mix cookies before, and I found a couple of recipes that I really think will be fun! Sadly they won’t be healthy by any sense of the word, and they’ll only be slightly homemade, but I think it will be a good park party treat!
And in my efforts to have pretty waste-free parties, I am thinking I will pour juice, lemonade, water, etc. into jars with lids and put them in ice chests for people to grab. I figure the worst case scenario is that a jar or two will be broken. This seems preferable to me than all the trash. And not really a lot more work.
I feel much better after all of my rambling. Thank you for reading. :)
Well, I hope everyone has a fun Superbowl day tomorrow. I haven’t the foggiest which teams are even playing. It is football, right? All I know is that it’s a good excuse to get together with family and eat snacks!
