Crazy Week

Tried a couple of times yesterday to post this so it would be "on time" for Sunday, but my phone wasn't cooperating. I go the title to save but nothing else....wouldn't let me type.


It was kind of a crazy week, starting with a major fender bender for me. This is what my Honda looked like after the crash and this is what their Volvo looked like. Both are 2001 vehicles...

Wednesday my aunt Verena dropped into town unexpectedly. She called me and we decided to meet for lunch. Then we shopped for a bit and spent most of Thursday together also. It was nice to hang out and have girl time...I even introduced her to Magdalena's Creperie in Fairhaven. Yummy!

Friday was my hubby's birthday and the plan was to spend it with some friends at the Silver Reef Casino, having a nice dinner. If you've never eaten at the Steakhouse there it is worth the trip. Yummy!

So in preparation Grace & I headed into town to get our hair done. A trim & some cute curls for Grace and a color, cut & style for Mom. Felt so much better afterward. Then we stopped in at a cute Cupcake place downtown to check it out. Grace had a Red Velvet and I tried a Vanilla Coconut cupcake. Very nice. Next up was the YMCA for some volleyball and then off to home to get packed up for our night out. We had a great fancy dinner, steaks, prawns, lobster all around and lots of good wine & desserts to go along with that. Then some of us headed to bed while others decided to give Lady Luck a spin. I had tried my hand at Craps once before, with the help of a friend. This time my buddies Beka & her hubby Simon helped out. After about an hour I had tripled my money and decided to call it a night. What a fun way to finance our new stroller. LOL

Saturday was spent recuperating after a late night. We had a nice breakfast at Diamond Jim's and even ran into a friend from volleyball who has recently moved out of town. Naps were in order all around. Sunday we watched Football and lazed around a bit more...all in all a successful week.

Big Birthday Bash Planning

I am in the middle of planning Grace's 5th Birthday Party. Invites have been flowing out the door and ideas are bombarding me for everything from the cake, to decorations and activities. Our theme this year is polka dots and that should make things simple, but you know how that goes...

Does anyone have any great suggestions? Please feel free to put in your two cents, they may just be what saves my sanity...LOL

Here are some cakes I've been looking at:

What do you think? Is it doable? Or am I deluding myself? We did cupcakes last time and that was not easy... However, I have never worked with fondant in my life. But how hard can it be? Maybe I need to consult me friend Stacy, she is the Martha of all things cake....

Please feel free to comment and help a gal out.

Birthday Party Success!

Gracie's 3rd birthday party was a blast. Not only did almost everyone we invited (with the exception of her daycare friend Neva!) show up, we had a full house of overnight guests (including Grandma & Grandpa), but we also had the most wonderful summer-like weather you can imagine.

My mom, (thank you so much!) and the rest of the ladies in the house were fabulous with helping make things happen in the kitchen. I had my hands full with trying to get together the cupcakes, the cheese platter, the fruit platter and much, much more... I could not have done it without them. My sister's boyfriend Brian put together this fabulous cupcake tree I found at Tar-get, love that store. And I had gone bonkers buying pretty much anything with Backyardigans theme on eBay. Hence the balloons, party hats, cupcake decorations, plates, napkins, party favors, kites and much more...

The kids had a blast running through the fields chasing Grace's new John Deere four wheeler, playing ball, opening the pinata, eating candy and cupcakes (Thanks Carly, the icing was a hit!), painting canvases from Treasury of Memories, flying kites and just being kids. What a great party...

Help, Advice or any Input is appreciated...

I am in the throes of planning my first ever Toddler birthday party. And I'm all by myself. Thank you so much for Sara and the other TOM girls with their helpful thoughts on my invitations. Because of them I am on my way... (on the way to what I don't know, but nevertheless I am going there!)

But now I still need help with food, decorations, goodie bags, the cake, games, what time to have the party, etc? Heck, how many kids is it sane and politically correct to invite?

As you can see I am a total novice when it comes to kid party planning. At least with my birthday I could pretend to know what I was doing and with a little help from my friend MARTHA I even lulled some of my guests into believing that. LOL

So please help a girl out and post any hints, tips or advice on my comments here...

Thank you so much.