Adventures of Two Sisters, One Brother, and a Mom: Happy Birthday Big A!!!!

We have had a very good week. Last weekend we went up to Greenville to visit Uncle Gabe and his family. The kids had a great time playing with their cousins!! The grownups ordered Chinese and pigged out while the kids ate pizza rolls and ran amok!! Nana came by to bring my kiddos their Christmas presents--- the "Can-Can" skirts Nana gave them were a big hit!! D got a huge pirate set!! Poor Uncle Gabe and Aunt Sherri--they had to put up with 7 kids running around their house, making messes....

On Sunday, we went over to Nana's house to destroy it... Kidding. I don't think the kids did too much damage. Nana kept them busy while I rummaged through the attic... I brought home a lot of old books, dolls, and toys to give to my children. I found cards, letters and photos from my childhood and teenage years--- scary stuff.... ;) I must have saved every note from Erika... we'll have go through them next time she's in town... I'm sure we'll need a drink or five to get through them all... We were sooo bad!!! Talk about going down memory lane.... The kids had a lot of fun banging on Nana's piano and touching all of her breakables-- I don't think they destroyed anything though.

Wednesday was Big A's 6th Birthday!!! I can't believe my baby is that old! It seems like just yesterday I was bringing her home from the hospital... Time goes by so quickly, it's crazy. She had a great birthday though. We took cupcakes to school for her class to enjoy, and then had a special Birthday dinner for her. She got to chose the menu--- tacos with chips and salsa!!! That girl loves Mexican food. She could eat it every day no problem! The funny thing is that I ate Mexican the night before I went into labor with her(it made me very sick)... really I ate it all through my pregnancy--it was my big craving. Maybe that's why she loves it so much...

Sheila came over with her son, CJ, and youngest daughter, Morgan. She was also nice enough to bring over the taco meat. Cooking meat makes me sick---especially ground beef! yuk! I'll just stick with my bean tacos, thank you very much. The kids were very excited to have them over, and reacted with their usual wild antics!!! They like to drive their poor Mother crazy! Morgan baked the cake for me while I tried to prepare the taco toppings and referee fights between kiddos. Little A and D got to decorate the cake with sprinkles and lick the extra icing. Little A made a huge mess!!! She was covered in icing from head to toe-- so was my kitchen! We had a great time though! It all wore me out though--and the "real" birthday party hasn't even occurred yet. That will be Saturday at Monkey Joes!!!

Below are some photos from our weekend...