Courtney's birthday

Well, I have done it! We FINALLY had a spend the night party at my house with more than one extra child. I have to admit it was NOTHING like what I was expecting. The girls were WONDERFUL! We have some terrific parents of 11 and 12 year old girls here! Give yourselves a pat on the back, your girls were great! No giggling all night, no sneaking out of the house, no yelling and terrorizing each other, it was wonderful.

I guess I'm used to boys (you know, we ventured out and had spend the night parties when Thomas was younger, but they slept in a tent in the yard for about 10 minutes, then they were in and out of the house all night) It was fun then, but WOW, it's easier, or it was easier this time. We ate pizza and cupcakes (thank you Jaiden for doing the cupcakes!) and went to the movie to see Madagascar 2 - you ever tried to seat 10 people together at the theatre...that ain't an easy task! They all enjoyed the movie - I would have been better if the kid behind me had kept his feet on the floor and off my seat. I felt like I was in a rocket chair. I told Ken to watch out, I might be plastered on the screen the way that kid was kicking my chair around.

We came home around 9:00 p.m., ate ice cream and the girls watched a dvd Courtney got for her present, 2 went to sleep, and the rest were up until about 12:30 or so. Though the tv played all night, it was ok. They got up the next morning, ate waffles with all kinds of toppings, we won't dare go there!, and went home early. Ken had scouting for food at one of the grocery stores, and I had a monogramming class to teach, so we got rid of the girls around 8:30. It was good! Now, Courtney, Maison and I are suffering from sinus yucky stuff. They got antibiotics today, but it hasn't slowed them down at all. Maison is still bouncing off the walls!

Courtney's birthday present....a little early

Courtney received her birthday present a little early this year. She and I went to the pet store to get food for Jalapeno on a Steek (that's our bird!) and NORMALLY I'm safe there, b/c they only have birds, ferrets, a few frogs and LOTS of snakes and some mice to feed the snakes. While I was looking at the food for the bird, she walked over to the forbidden corner of the pet store, where all the snakes and reptiles are. They had 2 little doxie puppies, one male, black and tan, and one female, red. She started to cry. I couldn't deal with it, so I gave her the phone to call Ken. I knew he was a sucker for weiners. Long story short, meet Ginger.......

Maison and Wally

This is Maison and Wally. They became big buddies at Jaiden's family hay ride this weekend. Wally is a bassett hound in every sense. He is big footed, long earred, sad eyed, slow moving hound dog, and did I mention SMELLY????? Oh it was terrible! Maison just rolled and played with Wally and, needless to say, we about made him ride on the roof on the way home....they had a great time. Jaiden says that Wally is Thomas' favorite dog too. Apparently, Thomas loves on Wally and then tries to love on Jaiden. I don't think she appreciates it!