playing mom: day 3- party time!

conclusion: being a mom, is like being a kid. but harder.

day 3 consisted  of the normal morning routine.
me waking up early, and waiting for the kids
[which really means me napping until they wake up]

we washed the car
but it was hot outside and being done with the water didn't sound appealing.
but the car didn't really need to be washed a second time

so after some finagling of the sprinkler system, i got the ones out back to stay on.

we washed up, relaxed, and went on with the game plan: prep for the party.

starting, with baking banana cinnamon 'squirrel' cake.
well, swirl..... but everyone thought i said squirrel. hence the nick name.

lesson learned: sometimes we want to take a normal picture, and sometimes that's impossible

exhibit 1- sometimes ethan wants to pretend like
he's having a seizure... or something

exhibit 2

exhibit 3

ready for the oven!

then we went shopping for the good stuff!!

we had this, as well as chips and creamalsa (cream cheese stuck through the hand mixer, and add salsa to taste...it's good. just trust me on this.) and watched Journey 2- the Mysterious Island. kids choice from the redbox.
As i was checking out with all of our junk, the cashier mentioned that it looked like we were gonna have fun. I said that parents were out of town so we were having a party. She said that she felt bad for me (because my brothers were with me and i was obviously going to be in charge of a bunch of little ones) she didn't know how lucky i was to be partying with these particular buggers :)