Burkelyn's Cowgirl Party

Okay so this is almost a month late being posted, I was waiting on my husband to get these pictures for the posting (my computer is banana sandwich and causes mass chaos when it comes to pictures) so I apologize for the delay and the lack of pictures as of today.............
This weekend our big family event was Burkelyn Jean's 3rd birthday party. This little princess wanted a "cowgirly" party. Not to be mistaken with a rodeo, western or CoWbOy party. We searched e-v-e-r-y where for cowgirl party supplies. In this little 3 year old mind the words girl and pink are completely interchangable. So we had to make it "cowgirly" on our own. Enter a buggy full of pink bandanas, some cute turquoise boots (thanks MiMi) full of pink flowers and some paisley party supplies. OMG I almost forgot the balloons. Literally, called Jessica at LFS at 11:45 with the "please don't close, I am on my way" call. I forget that I have absolutely NO room in my car, so BJA is now in the backseat with 25 pink & turquoise balloons. She thought it was hilarious and laughed the whole way home. Why is it, that no matter how much planning and preparation you do, you are still "doing" as the guests arrive ? At those moments when you are tying up all the loose ends and mumbling under your breath (to yourself) you can't help but wonder "why in the heck didn't I just do Chuck E Cheese". Right Keri ?? No, I really do enjoy throwing parties, I wish that I had more excuses to do it! ANYWAY... we had a GREAT time. The kids had a wonderful time in spite of the horrible weather. All of my planned activities had to be thrown out the window. (which was very dissapointing to me because I thought they were very creative and CuTe) Oh well, it was fun to catch up with everyone. I guess everyone enjoyed the chili and fixins. I wouldn't know I didn't get AnY. Jeremy took me and Pootie to Posada's for dinner. LOL Here are some pictures. THANKS to everyone who braved the weather and came out. Burkelyn absolutely loves all of her gifts.

Let's catch up......

Okay. So obviously I am not the best blogger ever or I would have made more than two posts in a weeks time. I set out with good intentions. I think "oh I need to blog about that". But then when I get everything finished at night...well you know.

Peyton scored for the first time at his last basketball game of the season on Saturday the 28th. I am so proud of him. He really likes basketball. I tried to get him to play soccer a couple of seasons. But bless his heart, it just wasn't his thing. I was "that" mom on the sidelines, who was constantly yelling "run Peyton run", "the ball Peyton, get the BALL". You know the mom (or dad) you look at and think , "oh that poor kid, just let him have fun already". Yeah that was me. But he really likes the basketball and is thinking of trying baseball.


Burkelyn and I went to the Home Show at Harvey Hall on Sunday after church with Janice and Sydney. After lunch, we got the girls all loaded up in my WONDERFUL Joovy Caboose Stroller. (I swear that thing is a miracle machine) Sydney had her blanket and was all set to stroll around. BUT NOOOO. I forgot that you cannot take strollers inside HH. So we unload the girls take the stroller back to the car and start on our journey. The reason you cannot take strollers in is because of "insurance reasons". But the damage a 16 month old and a 3 year old can do are far more costly than anything that could be caused by a stroller??? You can use a Hoverround or a wheelchair....I do not really understand the reasoning. So as we make our way through the various vendors I keep observing all of these hazards; a spa full of water, multiple door and window displays, a man handing out yard sticks (which any parent knows is just asking for trouble), thousands of dollars in merchandise that I would not categorize as child friendly. Now, our children were held in some form or fashion 90% of the time. But I am griping so much about this because....Janice and Chris ARE building a house. She really went to look at items, talk to vendors and actually make connections. We weren't there passing the time on a Sunday afternoon like the majority of the people there obviously were. It would have been much more beneficial to these people to let us take our stroller in. Okay I am getting off of my soap box now. A funny thing did happen though. Burkelyn loves to measure things just like her daddy. So when one of the merchants gave us a little house shaped tape measure she was elated. She was measuring everything within reach. So at one of those times she is walking freely she is behind me. We walked up and down a little section of the aisle a couple of times to let her stretch her legs. This nice man walks up to me and collects himself enough to inform me that Burkelyn has so sweetly been measuring my rump at every angle possible. AAAGGHH! Great! Apparently all of these merchants have been getting a great big ol' laugh out of it. Here is a pic of the little devil with her tape. At least she wasn't using that yardstick!