on turning 40...

So I turned 40 a few weeks ago. You know how you never really feel the age you are? That's how I feel. I remember being at my uncle's 40th birthday party and thinking "wow! that's so old!" Now I'm thinking "it's really not that old" LOL! I had a really really hard time with it about 2 weeks before my birthday but now I've made peace with it.

My Mom and sister threw me a wonderful surprise party. I had many friends and family there. I guess being 40 isn't so bad after all!

Happy Birthday to Me!

Today is my 38th birthday. It's been a pretty good birthday weekend. I got to go shopping all by myself yesterday. It was nice to look as long as I wanted and be by myself in the dressing room. Neal and my Mom told me to pick out what I wanted so I got 2 pair of jeans and a purse from Neal and Kinsey. My parents bought me a pumpkin colored denim jacket and 2 shirts. Today my sister brought me a wonderful messy chocolate cake and 4 new cookbooks! I'm super excited about those! My bestest friend gave me candles and M&M's...yummm!

Kinsey was invited to several birthday parties today and we made it to 2 of them. I've had cake a few times today but hey it's my birthday ;-) Here's a picture of Kinsey after the birthday parties.

She has a balloon sculpture on her head from one party and a cat tattoo on her cheek from another. She was a little bit dirty but she had fun!

Happy 6th Birthday Kinsey!!!

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My baby's turning 6 this week!

Getting ready for our first kids birthday party

Kinsey turns 6 on March 9th and we will be having our first kids birthday party on the 10th. We've always just had family and a few close friends but since Kinsey is in kindergarten she wants to invite some of her friends. I decided we would not be having this party at our house 1) because my house is small and 2) who knows what the weather will be. I had considered a park but see reason #2. I ended up booking Calamity Jane's Coffee and Eatery party room. Sounds like a weird place to have a kids party but in a village this size we don't have a lot of choices.

Kinsey has invited 10 friends and the theme is My Little Pony. She wants to play pin the tail on the donkey so I adapted it to Pin the Crown on the Pony. We are also going to make bead bracelets or necklaces, break a pony pinata, and if there is time we may play a few more games. I'm going to make a cake and bought this cute My Little Pony set to put on top of the cake. I will probably only use the Pony's but it fits our theme perfectly since we will be having pizza and cake for her party.

After Kinsey's recent comment that she had to many toys we decided that she didn't really need anything else for her birthday. Instead we are asking that each child bring a new book, video, or small donation and we would make a contribution to the local library. Kinsey loves the library so this seemed like a great idea.

Neal and I did tell Kinsey if she would learn to ride her little bicycle without the training wheels we would get her a new bicycle. I bought the new one yesterday and she will get it on her birthday (not at the party).

I'll post pictures of the party when we are done! I will also try to get her Pooh pictures on here. I have taken a picture of Kinsey with the same Pooh since the day she was born. The first year I have monthly pictures and then yearly after that. Here is 9 months old and 5 years old