She partied like it was her birthday

I have an 8 year-old. Gasp! And she is really tall and thin with beautiful long straight hair and a very pretty face. If we were in junior high together in a few years, I'd probably be insanely jealous of her. But maybe that's why I married her Dad. So that I could live my dream life of being tall and thin with long straight hair vicariously through my daughter. Do you think we'll both need therapy over this? Kidding! I love my Jill beans and I'm glad she had a great birthday. Here's a rundown of the events. How come birthdays always seem to last 4 or 5 days? I should take notes, since mine is coming up next week. Too bad Kyle leaves town on my day. Sob! But my parents are coming to town for the weekend, so I am excited. Back to Jillian:

Last Saturday she had a birthday party with several friends. 8 to be exact. They were silly and had a good time. Then we went out to the ever-romantic Red Robin for dinner, Jillian's choice. It was SOOOOO funny to see couples out for Valentine's Day. We saw two girls in off-the-shoulder little black dress-type getups, and their boyfriends in jeans and t-shirts. Here's a hint, ladies. If he takes you to Red Robin for Valentine's Day, no need to wear heels.

Since there was no school on Monday, we played all day. I told myself I wasn't going to do any housework, and that I would say "yes" to every reasonable request the kids made. It worked out very well, and I actually got some of my things done too. We also went to Chuck E. Cheese's and had a great time.

On Jillian's actual birthday I took Wendy's to school and met her for lunch. All the kids thought that was pretty cool. Then she got to choose our family dinner (crepes, eggs, hashbrowns, sausage, and smoothies). We had Aunt Shauna and her family over, which we haven't done since Malia was born. Jillian's dessert request was blueberry cheesecake. Here are some photos from all the events.

I'll report on this weekend's party, a baby shower for my sister Shauna, in my next post. It was a smashing success. It's nice to remember I do like to throw parties and I'm not half bad at it. Maybe I'll put together a little bash in honor of moi. Nah.

Amy