Well
it happened again, another wonderful (short) year has gone by and my
little is a little less little. She has done so much growing this year
and I know that in the years to come, there will be a flood of
intelligence and curiosity and I just hope
I can keep up with it all. We are getting ready to go through some big
changes as a family including a move in the very near future and a new
school for Emma the year after next. I’m trying oh so hard to hang on to
these amazing, simple times together before
life gets even more crazy. I started my new work schedule so I’m no
longer able to enjoy afternoons with Emma. It was a loss I still morn
(although hopefully temporary). I’m not a fan of getting home and
heading straight into the kitchen to make dinner every
night but there it is. The change was inevitable since Thomas’ job
location moved he could no longer take Emma to school in the mornings.
Her school does not open until 7:30 which meant I had to push back my work
start time to 8 in order to take her. Once we move
and Emma goes into Kindergarten I can see about changing it back but
for now this is how it stands.
In
other news…someone finally got her big girl bed and never were more excited bounces ever had! She pretty much plays on her bed with her
toys as much as she can and it is wonderful to see her feel a sense of
pride as she grows and
her world brings new adventures. I started doing a mini-room makeover
(I took down all of the Winnie the Pooh décor *sniff*) and put up
picture frames Emma crafted. I’m not doing a full blown room redo since
we are moving sometime between now and August (posts
to come on this later I’m sure.)
Now
that we’ve caught up on all of that, it’s time to deconstruct a four year old birthday party. We
thankfully only received a manageable number of RSVPs from her class (4
to be exact instead of the 13 it could have been). The day of the party
went pretty well thanks in part to scheduling it later in the day! I
had the whole morning to run around getting last minute items and didn’t
end up forgetting anything! It was so refreshing to just bring some
fruit, veggies, and light snacks with the cake.
Not having to lug a meat tray and 100 pizza boxes was great! So
liberating!
We
were lucky enough to have Emma’s Grandma Carole (Thomas’ step mom)
there to help with set-up. I was prepared to bring the stuff in and sit
with it in the lobby until 2:45 as scheduled and then hustle my sciatica
having self to throw
everything together but low and behold, there were no other parties
before or after us! The party coordinator was sweet enough to let us set
up early! So by the time folks arrived, the place looked great! “Dark”
Vader and Star Wars everywhere!
Went for the good old figurines stuck into the cake again for the win!
This is a craft DADDY came up with/ executed! Glow sticks that came with thread to become necklaces he turned into lightsabers!
The
kids had fun in the pool (sadly I was setting up so I did not get any pictures) and then came up for cake and snacks. It was
actually not too stressful. It was a bit awkward when I started packing
everything up as folks were still eating but I knew it would take a
while so I’m glad I started
when I did. I guess people are used to having parties at their own
house so they don’t have a set time frame to “close up shop” but I
wanted to be as accommodating as possible since the party coordinator
was very nice about letting me setup early. Besides the early
clean up raised eyebrows, nothing too crazy happened to report and I
was only briefly overwhelmed. I even managed to talk to folks at the
party so it all turned out fine. I know, a relatively ho hum event for our chaotic family! I'll take the peace.
And now, I have a super terrific four year old…
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