BIRTHDAY PARTIES

I hate waiting. I mean, I really hate waiting. We have been waiting for our house to be ready to move into for what seems like forever now. OK, maybe I'm exaggerating just a bit, but I have all these really cool plans for the new place and I'm kind of obsessing about it. And since I can't actually get started on the wonderfully exhilarating projects that I have been planning and researching and drawing up on graph paper, my mind is just getting so full of crap that I feel like I'm going to explode if I don't let some of it out soon. 

One Week. 

Not even a whole entire week any more. Today is Monday. This next coming weekend, 5 days, is our projected moving day. We are crossing our fingers that nothing goes wrong and we don't have to wait another week. We have kind of a lot riding on this move date. Like more birthday parties...

Yup, that's right. Tons of fun and excitement! YAY! (<~ That would be sarcasm right there) Fun for the kids? YES! Fun for me? NO. Now sure, I love the planning part and I love the happy kids part just as much as any other parent does. What I don't love is a bunch of unruly brats on a sugar high without their parents trashing my house and not listening to a word I say when I'm trying to organize a civilized game of musical chairs. HA! Yeah right. Then comes the clean up. Ummmm,..... yeah, that can wait until tomorrow, because I am exhausted! 

Big D's birth date has come and gone, and as I've mentioned before, we have been postponing the celebration of his continued presence in our lives until we get into the new place. (His gift did eventually arrive, BTW, and he loved it. YAY me!) Small D's birth date is creeping up on us now, and then there's J's birth date next month.... So here's the plan of action that our enormous brains have come up with~>  Saturday the 5th we will celebrate Big and Small D's birthdays with a medieval themed party for the kids and a BBQ for the adults, then Sunday the 6th we will celebrate J's with a pirate treasure hunt. 

Oh yes, we MUST be just slightly insane for attempting such a feat. Did I say enormous brains? Hmmm, maybe they're not as big as we'd like to think... BUT, we are brave little soldiers, and though we may very well lose some of what remaining sanity we do have, we WILL succeed in providing two back to back fun filled days for our birthday boys! GO TEAM, GO! 

Uh, can we get some cheerleaders please?.....