What was I thinking???

So being the nice mom (aka lost my mind nutsy mom) that i am, I decided to have a birthday party for my adorable daughter that turned 7 yesterday. Wow was that a special idea. I had great intentions...her invitations were plastic bowling pins with a cute ribbon and invite tied on...I made cupcakes, and got balloons. It was gonna be great and so much easier than having it at my home. HAHAHAHAHA!

Good thing I enlisted the help of my mom and mom-in-law. My mom got the fun part..she watched Maggie while Connie and I corralled all nine girls, plus Connor and his friend, plus Sophie and her cousin Mason. Here is what you would have heard, had you been there-

"I want to go first" "No I do" "Can I have the pink ball" "I want the yellow one" "Are we gonna eat dinner? cuz I'm hungry" "Can I have quarter?" "Are we done?" "Do you have any gum?" "Can I have a quarter?" "How come Brynne has a toy?" "Can I push this button?" "Can I have a quarter?" "When can we eat?" "Let's open presents"

This was constant and in between all of this, Connie and I were yelling across the bowling alley trying to find the girls to tell them it was their turn. It was one of those events that when it was all over, you are sweating and seriously wondering why you thought it would be easier to do a party at the bowling alley.

In theory parties are a great idea...kids have fun, get to play with friends, get presents, and eat lots of junk with sugar.

In reality all those things are true but you have to add..lots of stress for mom. And although it was a lot of stress and craziness for about an hour a a half, Ellie had a great time with her friends. I do think we will make parties an every other year occurrence though!

A couple of Boo-Bees

So I had forgotten how ginormous your boobies get while nursing. Who needs a boob job...just have a kid and nurse. Although after your 4th kid, they tend to be a little on the droopy side and by little I mean A LOT!! Because if you ever saw me without a bra, you would be scared...really scared. The ladies are seriously out of control..and I forgot that it totally burns slash stings when your milk lets down every time..at least for the first little while. OUCH! So for now I have leaky, big, ugly (and all you nursers out there know why i say ugly) boobs. Just how big does your areola and nipple have to be?? I must really love this kid. The things I put my body through! The sad part is the shriveled up prunes they become when the nursing is all done. That's when you need a booby job. And I'm not totally opposed to the whole idea. But for now they are giant enough. So there you have all the nursing and boob honesty..and would you expect anything less from me? And this post is for girls only unless you want your honey to be so grossed out.