Four girls turn Four!

Yesterday we had a GREAT day for the girls :)

Our day started beautifully with Sabbath and a wonderful church service. Then the kids had Adventurer's. They enjoyed it very much.

We came home and TRIED to get the girls some rest. They knew what the evening had in store for them though. Bug and Peanut did fall asleep, but Duck and Diva would not.

Finally it was time to go. We got all the kids in the car and headed out. When we got there, the girls got SO excited! And as their friends began arriving they just got more and more excited. Build-a-bear is such a GREAT place to have a birthday party! They handled having FOUR birthday girls SO well too! :) EVERYONE had a great time too. Bug, Peanut, and Diva all chose to make kitties. And Duck made a pink Teddy Bear. When we were finished at BAB, we headed downstairs to Gloria Jeans and gave the kids their DELICIOUS cupcakes and juice boxes while the adults enjoyed something to drink too.

I had such a great time watching the kids. The girls had SUCH a great time, their little faces were so bright. Bug found some Hello Kitty accessories she was petting. She clearly wants them, I may see about getting them for her when she is in the hospital. And maybe an outfit for each of the girls animals too. Surprise them all!

Tonight we did Quesadillas for dinner since Bug loves them SO much! And if you can believe this, my daughters asked for YOGURT instead of cake!! NO CAKE MOMMY! So we did Birthday Yogurt and family gifts tonight for them. I figured they were all caked out! LOL In the last week and a half we've had cake three times!

Tomorrow I'm planning to take them out to breakfast too. :)

Tomorrow is there official birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY BUG AND PEANUT!!!!

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Snow

50 days ago I reported our first snow flakes of the season, but it didn't stick. It was pretty to watch it coming down while watching our awesome New Orleans Saints win a game though! :)

2 days ago the weather was 70 degrees and we made all the kids go outside to play because we weren't sure how much longer Indian Summer would last (yes, technically it wasn't Indian Summer because snow had already fallen, but the snow the freak thing!).

I just got home from the store, it is snowing, and this is no joke snow. It is COLD, and it is expected to stick and accumulate. It is expected to be the "first plowable" snow of the season with an accumulation of 2-5 inches overnight.

I'm excited about our first real snow, and that this means we just might have a white Christmas. But it's going to make getting to work tomorrow a bit interesting. People always drive a little crazy that first day after. Hopefully all the roads will have been plowed by the time I need to go to work too.

In just a little while BFF and I are heading out for a Tupperware party at a friend's house. Snow is NOT stopping us! LOL

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My week...

Well, ex-DH arrived Thursday night to visit with Bug and Peanut for a while. I will leave it at that.

Sabbath day we went out to camp meeting for church, Chaplain Barry Black was the guest speaker. He is a retired Navy Admiral, and is the 62nd Chaplain of the US Senate. He was GREAT. VERY inspirational, charismatic, and fun. It was a great sermon about "Supersizing your Faith."

After church we came home, quickly changed clothes and left for a twin's birthday party. It was a BLAST, and everyone enjoyed it. There were 5 sets of 3 year old twins there! 9 girls, 1 boy.

Then we came back home, dropped of ex-DH and all four girls (he volunteered!) and the boys and remaining adults headed back to Camp Meeting to hear Chaplain Black speak again. This time the service was about "surviving the season of anxiety." Again, GREAT. I loved hearing him speak.

Sunday we stayed home and relaxed in the morning, then we headed out in the evening for the Steve Green concert at Camp Meeting. WOW, such a great vocalist, down to earth, beautiful. Such a great way to end a weekend of spiritual bliss!

Monday morning I had work, and we were hoping to head to Salem afterwards, but the weather was too bad to go. We wouldn't have been able to get out and DO anything. So we stayed home.

Yesterday I had a middle of the day work shift, so that just totally prevented doing anything.

Today, well, weather, AGAIN. You know, I live in Massachusetts. NOT SEATTLE (not that I have an issue with Seattle, but this weather is more like what SHOULD be happening there.)

*sigh* Hopefully, when BFF gets home she, I and her kids will leave and ex-DH can have some time alone with his DD's.

Nique

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