Birthday Party

It seems like the kids' birthday party was ages ago and I am finally getting around to blogging about it. Both kids are taking a morning nap right now. A rare and greatly treasured treat for me. So, rather than clean house and wash dishes I am spending my time with you, faithful blog readers. (I do have faithful blog readers, right?) Anyway, the b-day was pretty good. The cakes came out great:

Our sweet little Morgan gave her guests the unwelcome gift of throwing up all over the place during the party. She was really not feeling well and slept most of the day. Oliver was psyched to get all of the attention. Other than that we had a good time and the kids got completely spoiled. Here are some more pictures:Here's Oliver opening his new bike from Nana and Papa.


Blowing out the candles.

And, our Morgan in happier times after the party. Enjoying Oliver's truck and her new baby. Love the pigtails!!!

Smorgasbord

Is that how you spell that? I don' t know, but you know what I mean. I have alot to share today and none of it is really related. I'll start with this -I think I have a prediction for the last Harry Potter book. I have been rereading all of the books since Joel got them for me for my birthday and I can't wait to read the next one. I've been doing alot of thinking about Snape. Is he good or evil? He certainly seems to hate Harry, that is for sure, but he is always saving his butt somehow. I think that it is possible that Snape may sacrifice himself for Harry in the next book. I am pretty sure that someone has to die in order to defeat Voldemort and it is supposed to be Harry, but I think Snape is somehow going to save him again and end up sacrificing his own life. I don't know, I'm not fully convinced, but it is a theory. You heard it here first...
I also have a couple funny Oliver stories. I bought some Pirate's Booty at the grocery store thinking that it would be a good, healthier snack for the kids. Oliver loves it and calls it "booby" which is funny in itself. But, even funnier was that he was sitting at the table having his booty the other day and I was puttering around the apartment not really paying attention to him when I heard him saying "shake, shake, shake". I asked him what he was doing and he said "shake booby" . The kid was shaking his booty!!! How he made the connection between that booty and his other booty that gets shaken, I don't know, but it was funny. Funny enough for me to get the video camera out and get some footage of the booty shaking. While I had the camera out I decided to try and get him to say some of his funniest words so I did a little interview with him. I was asking him all sorts of questions and then I asked him what daddy's name is. He replied, "Joel." Then I asked, "What is mommy's name?" He replied, "Mommy". I rephrased it this way, "How does daddy call mommy?" His response?? "HEY!" The kid is too much!
We have the big birthday bash coming up this weekend. Should be fun. I feel like I should go through the toys and purge now so that we have room for all the other toys that will be coming our way. I'm curious to see how Miss Morgan will handle the singing and presents and general chaos that will be the day. I know Oliver will love it! We got Morgan a Cabbage Patch Kid. When we were at the store buying it, I kept thinking back to how hard it was to get one when I was a kid. We had to wait in lines and get numbers and go into the special back room at Bradlee's which was stacked floor to ceiling with CPKs. Now, there are barely any on the shelf and if you ask me, they aren't nearly as cute as the old school ones. We got Morgan a baby one so it is cute.
Pictures of the party should be posted next week - if I can get my act together and do it!! Oh, and by the way, it is 8:10 am and I still haven't heard a peep from the kids. I have already showered, done my quiet time, taken out the trash and blogged! How sweet it is.