ARE WE CRAZY?

Last night we had all of these little girls at our house for a pajama birthday party. It was loud and hyper and fun!!! Each time another girl would arrive they would all start screaming. Several times the moms would say they could hear them all the way outside. Madi wanted pizza for dinner so that is what we ate. We played games like popcorn (I hit a bread pan with a wooden spoon and got faster and faster as the girls jumped each time I hit the pan), musical blankets, and of course pass the parcel. At the end we put in a movie and had treats. Here is my attempt at the castle cake Madi wanted. I didn't think it would be that hard - I was wrong. I got the wrong ice cream cones and it was too late to go and get others so they are a little tipsy. I guess it didn't really matter to the girls - they all thought it was the "coolest cake ever!" Madi told me, "It's good enough mom!" - still not sure exactly what that means. On Madi's actual birthday we had a nice quite dinner of her choice - kabobs and "curly" noodles. With a simple chocolate cake bought from the store. She also was so excited to finally get her doll house as well as her presents from her brother and sister.Let me tell you about this doll house. In July they do all their big toy sales here and give deep discounts. So I had been waiting for this doll house to go on sale. I ordered one early to make sure I got one, and then waited. Then one day we went to Target towards the end of the sale, and there was one there with a sign that said it was half the sale price because it was the display. There were a few pieces of furniture that were broken, but nothing a little wood glue wouldn't solve, so it became ours. The original doll house was $140.00 and it was on sale for $99.00, we got it for $49 - what a savings!!! Probably more than I would have paid in the States, but a huge deal for here!!! However, it was already put together and it was for Madi's birthday - remember we were all at the shops, including Madi. We told her that it was for her birthday but she had to wait until then to get it - mean huh? She had to wait an entire week - a week of torture I can assure you. The problem still remained, how were we going to get it home? We had to put it across the top of the seats in the van. Rylee was underneath it and Cooper and Madi had to push it so it wouldn't run into their faces in the back seat, while Kevin and I held on to it from the front seat. We made it home in one piece and had a very happy girl when she woke up on her birthday and found it in her room all set up and ready for her to play with when she got home from school.