Birthday. Bounce. Bubbles. Bugs.

All pictures are compliments of Eyes That Can See Photography (Sundee). Thank you, dear friend! Happy birthday to Kiley, Cole & Danijela. I've said it a thousand times before, BUT Danijela is 9 days older than Kiley. Melanie was my group leader in a Bible study at Watermark. We connected immediately in 2004. Last year Melanie had the freakin' guts to go into labor the day of our girls' 3rd birthday party. Our friends can speak for me, but I'm definitely not a good hostess under stress. I was absolutely horrified. Geez. I told her I would NEVER "do" another birthday party again.

Well, here we go. We kept it very simply, so I thought. Once again, we celebrate together in 2009 (year 4). Thank you, Cole, for being born in between the two girls. All other friends whose children's birthdays fall in January or February, I plead (I'm on my knees now) with you to have a joint party with us. This whole party thing is nuts. I thought we went simple this year & I nearly had a breakdown.

Oh, Mrs. Artsy Crafty (that's me, don't faint) hand-cut all gazillion hearts to make ladybug valentines for whomever was present at the party. It seemed a simple task until midnight on Friday. Glitter glue & such was flying all over the house. I'm pretty sure I passed out at some point from the glue & exhaustion.

Tracy was kind enough to bring THE turbo bubble machine. What a life saver. The bounce house was inside (too cold out) and then it moved outside as the day became warmer. Bubbles were flowing & my husband (as usual was a God-send to all).

Thank you, Courtney, for letting us use your bounce house. What a wonderful thing it is & I'm not sure I will return it without a ransom. Love you all so much.