Some think I am crazy I think I am lucky . I only have to prepare for one birthday a year. O.k. so I have a lot of kids at one time and it does get crazy but then I can relax for another year. This year we did the carnival theme. We rented a tent and put it out in the front yard set up a lot of carnival games. One game we had the hardship of drinking a lot of beer to get all the bottles. It took two weeks for the garbage to collect all bottles. I had set up a face painting table. the kids had to win tickets to pay for the food and face painting. the problem was all the kids rushed to the face painting table at once so it took me awhile to paint all the faces. We had hot dogs, nachos, chips, cotton candy, pretzels but alas no popcorn even if it was out in the open air I couldn't abide the smell. At the end the kids would gather together to watch Danielle and Riley unwrap their presents and then they could pick out their bag of prizes at the prize table. We had about 15 kids spend the night. I gave the biggest sigh of relief in the morning when we said goodbye to the kids. Now the challenge is to think about a theme for the next party. thank goodness I have a year!

Tooth Fairy

We lost a tooth today!

I was sitting by the computer and heard my kids yelling which made me panic thinking there was something wrong. Danielle comes up all shaky and yelling" I lost my tooth" We of course had to call Daddy at work to announce the most exciting news. Riley then proceeds to the refrigerator to bite into an apple trying to loose at least one of his teeth. When I asked him if he had any loose teeth, he looks down and shrugs his shoulders. I think it is hilarious that for months Riley has been pressing on his gums trying to force his teeth out and Danielle is the first one to loose a tooth. Alas the tooth fairy will be coming tonight and hopefully will not be busy at this house. One tooth missing per picture please!