So, the rain couldn't stop THIS party!

Chloe's party was SUPPOSED to be a fun time playing in the water . . . . sprinklers, water balloons, etc. However, God had other plans.

But that didn't stop our party! The day started out like any other.



Then, after a "quick trip" to the store (1st weekend of the month, holiday weekend and POURING rain) to pick up the cake and a few other items, I got home with just 45 minutes to get myself ready and fix the girls's hair. I think I cleaned up mighty nice, though! :-)

Now, I was really nervous about the cake because the bakery I ALWAYS use was closed for vacation all week. But, my back-up plan paid off. The cake was great and pretty cute, too :-)

Then, Superman grilled the hot dogs

While I took some pics of the birthday girl

THEN, family and friends decided to join in on the fun. Hot dogs and chips followed by cake and popsicles!










THEN the presents . . .

Yes, that's a quad . . . THANKS grandma and grandpa . . .

Clean up wasn't too bad, either. All in all . . . party was a success! I'm so grateful for family and friends who love my baby girl. I just still can't believe she is going to be 2 in just a few days!!!

We're gonna have a party!

PPPAAARRRTTTYYY!!!

Okay, so as to set the record straight right now, it's a kid-friendly party. It's actually to celebrate Chloe's upcoming birthday. She'll be 2 on the 8th (wow, really?)!

Now, in case you don't know this, we closed on our house and started getting it ready back in April. However, we have not gotten everything "ready" yet. For the first couple of weeks, we stayed in the apartment and came to the house every moment possible to do work (painting, cleaning, trim . . . ) and then moved the storage unit into the garage toward the end of May. Well, here it is the first of July and we are STILL unpacking things slowly but surely. So, when I say we're having to get ready for a party I really mean it! Thank God for Superman who doesn't mind cleaning and organizing. While some of the things he has done to "put things away" have been driving me crazy - like bringing in more boxes from the garage even though we still have several packed boxes in the house - he has been working super hard to turn the house into our "home." For that, I am grateful. So, he brings things in and puts it away while I'm cleaning up around and behind him. Thankfully, I have little elves that LOVE to help clean! Any chance you think it will stay that way? ;-)

Once everything had been cleaned and shopping had been done, these girls were ready to play!

(For those of you who are around my age, you may appreciate that this is Superman's original "My Buddy" that Hannah is playing with! Too bad I don't have a "Kid Sister!")

AND enjoy a home-made sour limeade with daddy (well, I'm not so sure Chloe "enjoyed" it!

So, she decided she needed a treat!

Then, they were exhausted. So, they went to bed while Superman and I kept working on getting everything ready. Since the party's at noon I thought I should have as much ready as possible!

This is about the extent of my creativity. I got the idea for having a popsicle party from my bestie. I got the idea of giving freezer pops as party favors from another birthday party we have been to. The ribbon - THAT's my idea of how to make it festive!! LOL

All in all, I think we're ready . . . Guess we'll see tomorrow!

A Day in My Life

So, today started out like any other Tuesday. I got up and went to work. The excitement today, though was that we were going to pick out new scrubs!!!! Now, at our office, we coordinate our scrubs to where we dress the same each day. Have you ever been shopping with 4 girls with different tastes and have to pick out something for all of them to wear? The only other time I've done this (other than the other times we've picked out scrubs) was for my wedding. And I think this was more stressful. (Maybe because for the wedding, they only had to wear it once and with the scrubs, they are every day.)

So, after a time of shopping, trying on different styles and sizes and then picking out colors to please everyone (thank you, Kari, for agreeing to your FAVORITE color!) we felt that it was time for a break.

Here's me with 2 of my favorite girls (Corrie and Kari).

And here are my 3 girls ~ Corrie, Kari and Leticia. We spend so much time together you would think we wouldn't want to eat lunch together ;-)

After an afternoon of clinic patients with Dr Robinett, I finally got to head home for time with the family. I love Tuesdays because Superman and I neither have commitments and it's usually our big family night. Tonight was no different. One thing the girls love to do (and I'm not complaining because I absolutely despise it) is using daddy's brand new pooper-scooper!

Hannah's showing Chloe how to work it!

Then it was play time.

And while we were outside playing and scooping poop, Superman was fixing up a scrumptious meal . . . grilled fish and potatoes (one of my favorites). And I love when he cooks so much that I didn't even mind cleaning up!

It starts with this.

Then he adds a little of that.

Then he grills it up.

And voila! Grilled fish and potatoes! (I know, the pics don't do it justice.)

But we sure did eat it up. Hannah even had seconds and Chloe cleaned her plate. That's uncommon!

After dinner the girls decided they needed plums for snack. I'm so grateful my girls like to eat fruit. I'm praying they don't make the same food mistakes I did. I'm still trying hard to release the weight!

Then I saw this flying around my house. Remember, I said they are daddy's girls. But I only caught one of them tonight.

Now, they've both flown off to bed and I'm going to go spend time with Superman. Maybe a movie. Who knows? I'm just glad he loves me!