Birthday Weekend

We survived another birthday weekend. Princess turned 6 yesterday. Grandma and Grandpa came Friday night. They took the girls shopping and out to lunch at Applebee’s on Saturday. Grandma said the girls worried the entire time that their waiter wouldn’t bring the birthday sundae and sing. They were happily mistaken.

We had a party for her and her friends at the park, which included a scavenger hunt and lots of fun in the sun. The weather was perfect. We could not have asked for a better day.

After the party all the grandparents came to our house for dinner. Princess is into spaghetti these days….as in she wants spaghetti for dinner every, single, night. So Dear Husband made a big batch of sauce Friday evening and he served it up with a big bowl of pasta, salad and garlic bread for dinner. It was really good, and I don’t even like spaghetti.

We spent the evening watching Princess open gifts and model her new clothes. She liked most of them, which is very surprising and we only have to exchange a few things. Grandma L got her a pair of Puma sweats that were size 7/8 and they are too small. Too small? Who were they made for? Princess is a little tall for her age but she is not a giant. Great Grandma C gave her a fancy pair of high heel shoes with tiny straps….they were a big hit. We stayed up way, way past our bedtime but a fun day was had by all.

Today we missed church. I was just plain tired. I woke up about 4:00 am with a raging headache. Not sure why, but it was a monster. Grandma and Grandpa played a game of Jenga with us over coffee and then took off for home. Grandpa was itching to get his seeding done. Then we played a heated game of Mouse Trap in our pjs.

We spent the rest of the morning surgically removing Barbie dolls from their boxes (Who at Mattel decided Barbies need four thousand tiny pieces of plastic to hold them in their boxes??? Really, where are they going???). Princess received a swimming pool for Barbie that came with a yellow lab who swims around the pool. It’s actually pretty cool; I played with it for a while too. Then the girls decided the swimming pool wasn’t big enough and they ran a bath for all the water Barbies they have….I didn’t realize how many they had until I looked at them all lined up drying on the bathroom counter.

Then we had snow cones, got dressed, and ate lunch. Princess chose a new blue skirt with a busy blue and green flower print with a purple and white horizontal striped shirt. There is no question, the girl has a style all her own. After lunch we made play dough ice cream cones and sundaes. Then we watched a new DVD, played with the Barbie pool some more, and now we are starting another game of Jenga.

Dear Husband is making chicken potpie for dinner, one of my favorites. There is a mess in every single room of the house except for our bedroom, I think but I haven’t been upstairs in a while so I can’t be certain. DH and I just finished off the last two glass of IPA from the growler we opened last night. So far it’s been a darn good weekend.