Note: This post was originally published on July 31, 2014. All posts prior to this date - along with images from April 2014 to March 2015 - have been lost forever to the Internet black hole.
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Soooo, July is over. I'm still trying to wrap my head around how quickly it disappeared. I feel like I spend all year waiting for the summer to get here and then it's gone before I ever get a chance to enjoy it. This summer is going especially quickly because our calendar is intense. J-Bird has softball twice a week, plus we've had baby showers and birthday parties and doctor's appointment and all sorts of craziness. Here's a quick recap of what's happened over the last two weeks:
For starters, J-Bird turned ten.
I am officially old enough to have a child whose age is comprised of double-digits. I tend to make a pretty huge deal out of J-Bird's birthday every year, and obviously this year was no different (again, double-digits, you guys!) George basically played the "best stepdad ever" card and was like "Oh, P.S., I booked his birthday off so I could take him out to do fun stuff." How cute is that? So we spent a busy and fun-filled day celebrating our newly-turned-ten-year-old: we took him to Starbucks for a frappucino in the morning ("Do I get to have a venti since it's my birthday??") and then we brought him home to open his presents. His stepmom, who is a teacher and has summers off, stopped by with J-Bird's little half-sister for a visit and to drop off presents, and after that, we headed to the movies to see How to Train Your Dragon 2 (J-Bird has see the first movie probably close to 86 gazillion times and was super-amped on going to see the sequel!) Then we rushed home, got changed, and headed off to the park for softball (J-Bird's team totally won, BTW). I brought pop and cookies decorated like baseballs, and J-Bird's team sang happy birthday to him, and then we came home and had a Mario Kart 8 tournament until it was way past bedtime. I'd say it was a birthday success.
{photo of the 10-year-old J-Bird was here}
George's nephew also turned ten.
Which meant that we had birthday party festivities to attend! J-Bird and George's nephew get along swimmingly, being born two days apart, and this year's birthday party included a trip to laser tag. J-Bird could not have been more excited about his first laser tag experience, you guys. I heard about it for weeks leading up to the party. For a brief moment, during one of their three games, J-Bird was in first place! I managed to get a (crappy) picture of the scoreboard, but the by time the round ended, he'd fallen to fifth. Still pretty awesome for a newbie, right?
{this was a picture of the scoreboard}
And obviously, J-Bird had a party, also...
We did ours on the following weekend (July 26th) so that there was no conflict with George's nephew's party. Remember how I was freaking out over trying to throw a Pokemon party and I had no clue what I was doing? I figured it out.
J-Bird loved his party. I was totally calm the night before, as I finished his birthday cake and prepped the decorations. I was even calm in the morning, before the party started, as I hung decorations and inflated balloons. But then my house was filled with people, and my broken A/C made is so hot in here that I was super-attractive and dripping with sweat (it was like the surface of the sun), and there was a lot of noise and commotion, and I was trying to lead party games, and EVERYONE was cheating or flat-out refusing to participate, and I will be honest: I lost my zen. And I lost it right as George came up to see how I was doing (so, bright side? George was the only one who saw my demon face, and not the kids...)
{this was a fun GIF of demon-face from the show Cougar Town}
But aside from my momentary meltdown, everything was good - the cake turned out fabulously, the decorations were cute, I managed to come up with a bunch of Pokemon-themed games, and the loot bags were freaking adorable. (They were Pokeballs filled with candy. So. Perfect.)
{here was a picture of the Poke-party}
I know that seems like a lot of excitement in two weeks, but guess what? That wasn't all.
The day after J-Bird's birthday party, I had another baby shower!
But I'm not going to tell you about. At least, not today... it was too spectacularly planned by my fantastic cousin to just get a mention in a recap post. This shower deserves a post of its own - so keep an eye out for that in the next couple of days!
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