Party time!

Today's highlight was TJ's birthday party. TJ is the neighbor across the street, and he turns five on Tuesday. TJ's dad is getting transferred soon, so it was hard to shop for something that he could either use before he leaves, or take with him to his new place. We ended up with Spiderman wall stickers to decorate his new room with.

TJ's parents have a huge bouncy house with a slide on one side, so the kids worked hard at wearing themselves out being crazy jumping monkeys (and not on the beds for once). Hot dogs, cake, ice cream and goodie bags filled with candy made for a scarce dinner (not that I did much better, when I gave them frozen pizza, yogurt and applesauce, but I tried).

The kids had a fantastic time, and it was nice to let them play while TJ's mom and I chatted - almost like normal adult interaction. It was a nice change of pace and we both agreed that the kids need to get together more for the next few weeks until we leave to head north for Auntie A's wedding.

I spent some time this morning making H a new Buzz Lightyear shirt. When we were at the fabric store the other evening, H saw that fabric and K found some "Pablo/Niqua" material, so I am making them outfits from their favorite "friends." H has been on a Buzz kick since our recent trip to DisneyWorld where he met the "real thing." It was fun, and he LOVES his new shirt.

One of the favors that was in the goodie bags was an airplane on a string that you can swing around to make it "fly." Both of the kids love them. Tonight, K was already asleep, and I gave H a piggy-back ride upstairs. He was carrying one of the airplanes. When I went to sit him down on the bed, I didn't get both feet standing on there, and dropped him straight down onto his face. He screamed and cried hysterically, and therefore, so did I. I couldn't tell if he was hurt of scared or both. I scooped him up and held him as we rocked on the bed, that stupid airplane string fell down onto his face, and the ring landed on his eyeball. All of the sudden he started laughing as hysterically as he had been crying, and we both disolved into tears from laughing instead of crying. He made it about another two minutes before he fell asleep, and I think that is a great way to end a day.