Birthday - Part 2 (2 days later...)

I had really intended to have another birthday post, and had things not turned out the way they did, there would have been another one. I should know better than to plan anything, though. I'm pretty sure God's trying to teach me to be flexible. There had better be some lesson in it. Anyway...

As for the rest of their birthday, they just loved it. They could hardly wait for Gary to get home so they could open the rest of their birthday presents. We had pizza and yellow cake/pour-over frosting to celebrate, and that made them happy. They were all three very pleased with their gifts. I got them each a Disney Princess Polly Pocket-type set that they had all wanted for the last 6 months. It's so much fun to find something that they just love. They have spent so much time already playing with these things. I also ordered them a set of 16 (split among the three of them) Clifford books that they will be able to read soon. I'm pretty sure Gary's already tired of reading them! It seems like every time I turn around he's reading another Clifford book to them! I'm very thankful that they have such a love of books. It's something I always want them to have. All in all, I think they had a good day.

Thursday was the only day the girls were at school all week. To say it's been a crappy 4 weeks would be pretty accurate at this point. I have taken somebody to the doctor once a week for the past 4 weeks. I took Hanny Friday since the two of us were up most of the night due to her coughing. I knew that neither one of us could possibly handle another night like that. We were both in desperate need of rest, and she was not getting any better. Long story short, her tonsils were swollen and her ears looked suspicious, so now she's on antibiotics. We just celebrated today because it was Boo's last day on them. Thankfully, with a new vaporizer in her room last night, a first-day big dose of Zithromax in her system, and a little bit of cough medicine, she slept like a baby all night. Gary sent me to bed at 8:30 last night and said he'd stay in the living room and listen for her, so I got to sleep as well. I really needed that.

I have spent the entire day today (minus a couple hours mid-afternoon when I stopped to watch a movie with the kiddos) decorating birthday cakes. I'll have to post a picture of them tomorrow. They turned out great! I did Hanny's last because I thought it would be the least time-consuming. Wrong! It took just as much time as the other two. It is a blue star with her name on it with some red accents and a red heart in the middle. She went for the simple one this year. Doodle has a Clifford the Big Red Dog cake that is great! It really turned out looking like Clifford. That's success as far as I'm concerned! Boo's cake is Patch from 101 Dalmatians. It turned out amazingly well too. I'm thrilled with the way they turned out. The girls were too, which is why I do three cakes. It's been so much fun to let them choose their cake and follow it through until today when they're all done. I had to get Boo's Dalmatian pan off EBay (I was lucky to find it there!). The day we got it in the mail she was just beside herself with excitement and carried the pan around for the rest of the afternoon. Anything that gives her that much joy is worth it as far as I'm concerned!

They're really looking forward to their party tomorrow. Both sets of grandparents are coming up, along with my sister's family. It'll be a nice day for us to spend playing around together. There's just nothing better than spending some quality time with the people we love! :)