I used to waste a ridiculous amount of time looking for school calendars, sports schedules, take-out menus, etc. I never kept the papers all in the same place. Then I saw this idea in a magazine — I can’t remember which one… Now I have a 3-ring binder in my kitchen where I keep all of my […]
Archives for September 2012
Duh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh, they say it’s your birthday! Duh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh, it’s my birthday too yeah!
A friend posted this on my facebook wall this morning: “Happy Birthday SJ!!! Hope your kids didn’t eat your cake already 😉 ” Ha. Someone would have to actually make me a cake in order for my kids to eat it. Pretty sure that’s not happening. And really, I don’t need a cake, because that’s just […]
tip of the day — kids love teenagers at birthday parties!
I had a birthday party with way too many kids today. Luckily, I asked my cousins two daughters, who are in 6th grade and 10th grade, to come help out. They manned a “beauty station” and gave manicures, pedicures, and tatoos to anyone who wanted one. When the party moved to the pool, they helped […]
Go Number 4. It’s your birthday. We gonna party like it’s your birthday.
9/17/2012 Today’s Stats Number of years old Number 4 is today: 6 Number of years in a row I’ve almost forgotten about her birthday: 2 Number of hours ago I bought birthday presents at Target: 7 Number of days ago I sent out evites for her party: 5 Number of kids I invited since I thought no […]
tip of the day — cheap party favors
I have a problem shelling out $50-$100 for birthday party goody bags when most of the crap in them is going to break before it even gets home from the party. Tomorrow I am having a birthday party here at the house, and 25 kids (I’ll get to that tomorrow) are coming. So here is what I […]
I need a 12 step program to deal with these damn lunches
Okay, I found another one of these… and I wasn’t looking for it. It just happened to cross paths with me. I feel like I am being taunted. And now I’m developing some sort of unhealthy and obsessive anger toward the people who are taking pictures of their seriously irritating creations. Indulge me for just one more […]