Have your cake and eat it too!

Today was very hectic as I spent the day running errands and getting things ready for Christmas and the Brailsford December Birthday party tonight (I had to get some things for that like presents, cards and I was in charge of ice cream and cake, so you know, only a few minor things...). The girls get out of school early on Monday, 2:30 instead of 3:30 which is great except I have to be better at my timing when running errands to make sure I am home in time to get them off the bus. We usually have Samantha's reading tutor at 3:30 in Springville, meeting at my parent's house, but it was cancelled today. That was kind of nice as it allowed me to get a few more things done before we left at 4:30 for the 5:30 party (I thought it was 5:30, I was telling everyone it was at 5:30 but it wasn't until 6, Murphy's Law: because I had the wrong time and was telling everyone the wrong time this was the one time everyone showed up on time so had to wait around). We celebrated my nephew Donovan's 12th birthday (December 6th), my niece Nikki's Sweet 16th birthday (December 19th) and Kent III's first birthday (December 13th). Nikki and Kent III didn't care what we ate for dinner so Donovan got to choose...we had pizza and salad! Mmmm! After dinner we opened presents and sang Happy Birthday then ate cake. Kent III got a very cute Thomas the Tank Engine toy that lights up and makes noise (it seemed to be the hands down winner of his attention), a cool ball that lights up and plays music, a fun (and noisy) Elmo driving toy, some stackable bowls that can be put together as balls, a 'put the blocks in the right slots' puzzle (one of my most favorite toys ever for kids) and some very cute church clothes and some adorable Christmas socks.



Since this was Kent III's first birthday he got to dive into his cake. He was rather timid at first, just poking it with his finger but with Mom pressuring Dad to help him out, he soon got very messy!!