So Many Parties

Baby Girl is Miss Popularity when it comes to parties. Today she had two to visit. Lucky for her, the diaper rash she has been suffering has mostly cleared up, so she was in a fine mood for friends and parties. Breakfast was pumpkin pancakes with bananas and sausages, which got her ready to go for a big day.

Her first party was to celebrate Liam's birthday. Liam just turned one, and he celebrated the day dressed as a dinosaur. Sweet Girl got him a That's Not My Pirate book as well as two books by Dr. Seuss. If there's one thing Little Monster loves, it's books, and she took the opportunity to share some of her favorites with Liam. While she was at the party, she played with all the boys: Liam, Spencer, Kasper, and Thomas. She also rode in a swing on the porch and found a lizard. For lunch she had some of the hot dogs and bratwursts Mike had cooked on the grill, and some of the pumpkin muffins that Eva baked that Little Monster loves so much.

After a few hours at that party, Sweet Girl joined Mama and Daddy for the Football Sunday party, which was hosted by Theron and Melissa this week. Even though she arrived at the party at three o'clock and hadn't napped, she was just fine and very social. She got lots of kisses from Katie the dog, harassed/petted Theron's old cat, and watched and giggled as Penny and Katie (both dogs) chased each other around the yard. All of this made Giggle Girl decide that she wanted a puppy dog of her own, so we'll see what comes of that. For the rest of the afternoon, she spent time at the patio table with Mama and the girls, playing Scrabble and eating snacks, and in Daddy's lap, watching the games and hooting with the boys. She even discovered ice in a bucket and had a good time fishing it out and crunching it. Only when five o'clock rolled around did Little Goblin decide it was time to head home.

When she got home, Little Monster had a bath and a nice warm bowl of clam chowder. After that, it was definitely time for bed! She didn't make one peep all night, and slept in until nine a.m.! Mama got some more work done on the bedroom mural while Tickle Bug lazed about, then made sausages, eggs and oatmeal for breakfast. Sweet Goblin did a number on that, then shortly thereafter headed back down for a nap. It's hard work being the social butterfly!