My Mother's Day

If you've followed me for very long you know the one thing I expect out of Mother's Day is photos with my kids.  It's a tall order for one of the busiest days of the year, but we managed some decent shots  this year.

Being the mother of our two beautiful children is all I want to do right now in my life!  There are no words that can express my love for them, but I know every mother knows what I'm talking about.  They are my world and I'm so grateful, even for that furry white baby of mine ;-) 

Hopefully I'll get to posting the details of the 48 hours of celebrating Mother's Day weekend.  We partied hard and made an effort to hug each of the very important women in our lives. 

Our Little Grease Monkey

One good old regular week night Aaron and I agreed that I should go do our 2 week grocery shopping while he got the kids ready for and put to bed.  I had a peaceful time doing the massive amount of shopping and came home to a quiet house with kids in their rooms.  Aaron turned to me and said, "They're both still awake." and since it was an hour past bedtime I knew we'd need to help the kids out and check for dirty bums.  Aaron took Porter's door and I was headed for Priya's when Aaron let out some loud frightened exclamation upon opening Porter's door.  I hurried over to look and Porter was covered in something reflecting the little bit of light we had.  We quickly started asking the same questions, "What is that?  He's covered. Is that vomit?  Blood?  Diarrhea?"  While we fumbled for the light.  Once we got the light on we were able to quickly start putting the pieces together.  Porter was having terrible eczema with the changing of the seasons, we were applying aquaphor (a healing ointment) multiple times as day to his skin and we were just keeping the container on his dresser.  Well Porter didn't get any before bed, was having a hard time sleeping, found the container, opened it (kind of a big deal for our boy who struggles with fine motor skills) and then completely emptied the entire container and applied the ointment all over himself.  Once Aaron and I realized Porter was not in any apparent danger we curled up on the floor next to each other laughing until we cried.  Thank goodness we could laugh about it.  The clean up process was not easy. It was impossible to hold on to Porter and everything he touched became a slippery as he was.  The internet is amazing and we found some tricks.  We covered Porter in Corn Starch to absorb the oil based ointment.  Once again grateful I keep corn starch in my food storage because it has endless play recipes, we had plenty on hand to clean up the mess, we do need to restock now though.  We did this several times then we used his regular soap with a little bit of baking soda to cut through the oil and clean him off.  It works pretty well but it took 2 hours.  Then another hour to get him carpet to a point that we could leave it over night until we had enough energy to clean up the whole mess.  The next day we used a Dawn dish soap solution in our carpet cleaner to attempt to get the mess out of our carpet and it worked.  Not harm, no foal!  It could have been so much worse and what's life without a few curve balls.  We sure do love the adventures and laughs our children provide for us.

We took this at almost midnight.  He watched a show while we worked on his room.  Porter had some really awesome spiky hair the next few days that followed.  

It actually cleared up his eczema.  Guess he knew what he was doing!  

Priya's 2nd Birthday Party

Before I get into the party details I just wanted to make sure and note that per tradition Aaron took a day off to spend with Priya for her birthday.  We took the kids to This Is The Place Park.  It was so much fun and the kids really love everything we did as a family. 

From the moment Priya got up she knew it was a day for her.  We kept the party simple and only invited family with the exception of one of Priya's best friends.  We did a Tinkerbell/fairy theme and she was very into it. 

Cousin Whitter came early to the party and Priya loved the gift Whitley brought her.

We served pancakes for Priya's dinner because pancakes are her favorite.  I had a picture but lost it when my phone broke down on me.  We cooked up with pancakes with Purple party sprinkles adding a little flare for the party.  She was crazy about them and so was everyone else.  It was a labor of love to make that kind of meal for everyone but I knew our guest were the most patient, easy going people that I wasn't concerned about it.  

Addison was also pretty excited about the fairy wings.  While Porter refused to wear his.  Porter went into hiding when our house go crowded.  He hates crowds so he parked his behind in front of the Tinkerbell movie and stayed put most of the night. 

Opening presents. 

The guests:

When she started to get clothes she had to try them all on.  It was not an option.  You'll notice by the end of this post she's in a completely different outfit. 

A soft fuzzy princess blanket that she now sleeps with every night.  She still snuggles her baby blanket but this one is actually big enough to cover her body.  I'm grateful my Mom knew this was something Priya would love and need.  It's been a big help with bedtime. 

All night long Priya begged for her cupcakes.  I kept telling her she had to wait after opening presents I asked, "Priya do you want a cupcake?" and I will forever remember the excitement as she threw he arms up in the air and ran from the front room to the kitchen with her arms in the air squealing with delight.  My girl loves her cake...like mother...like daughter. 

Friends 

While I was researching possible big gifts for Priya this Little People Disney Princess castle showed up #1 in multiple toy review for her age group so we decided it was the winner.  As you can see Grandma Judy thought so as well.  It has proved to be worth every penny.  It's such a cute toy! 

We had fun decorating and the canopy we put up in the kitchen is still up a month later.  Priya comes down each morning to say, "Beautiful star for me!" then she spins around dancing underneath it.  Melts my heart every time.  

The after party. 

Throwing this girl a party was the most fun I've had in a long time.  She loved every little bit of it!