I mean it- If I were a soccer mom I would be hell on wheels. I think my kids should be glad I work, because if I were home all the time I'd drive them crazy- because we all know I wouldn't clean my house, I'd find crafty things to do for every little school project, team event and birthday.
My darling daughter just turned 4- 4! and we decided that since we were so busy with having a baby on her last birthday, that we should give her a big party just for her. I went all out, I made the invitations for the kids, I picked out silly things for the goody bags- I hand drew treasure maps for the kids- Yes you read that right- I drew! I hired a clown to face paint for the kids and give them a show- AND I thought, in a stroke of brilliance, that I would make a "cupcake cake" so that each kid would get them same amount of "cake" and clean up would be minimal.
All of this work so my daughter could have a great birthday- because I love her. Oh yeah and remember she's 4! OK, so I took it all too seriously and went over board- Especially considering the fact that of the 9 children invited to the party 2 showed up- oh yeah, 2!
Talk about minimal clean up. Now I know Abby would have cared less if no one showed up, she had fun either way- but I got all tense and butt-hurt about it. I know, I know, get over it Cat- Abby will grow up and have her own neuroses she doesn't need yours!
All of the psycho babble aside- Abby had fun and she really enjoyed Bubbles the clown and her 2 friends plus the poor young girl we hijacked into joining the party! We then went home to have an excellent family and friends BBQ. My friends rock!
But let us not forget the "cupcake cake"! I am a cupcake genius! (Ok maybe not genius, but pretty close) Not only did I get all 24 cupcakes to fit semi-snug together, I managed to ice them all to look like 1 big cake- But the topper, literally, was the fact that I drew (again drawing) in ICING, a copy of the treasure map I made for the kids on the "cake"! Oh yeah! Go me! (Insert happy dance here)
So what I learned from my 4 year old daughter is this- the number of friends at the party doesn't matter, it truly is the quality of friends- and my friends are like my cupcakes- sweet, comforting and always just the right amount of fun!
3 comments:
Awesome icing craft! I just saw a cup-cake for the first time the other day. Did you think of that yourself? It's brilliant! You get BIG mommy points! That is what counts. (I on the other hand only get a 1/2 point for sending a gift card and calling instead of being there for Abby's day.) I miss you friend!
i love you friend! i wish we could've stayed longer.
And let us not forget that your cupcakes are the best ever!
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