What a Day

This is the last morning for sleeping in until the sun comes up.  The boys are back to school tomorrow so, we will waking up during the black of morning.  The Mr. leaves for his meetings in Italy tomorrow directly after we drop the kiddos at school.  Maybe I’ll organize something while he is gone…the oldest’s closet is in dire need of some attention.  The closet may be a good starting place…the mud room could also use a giant trash bag and a mop.

On to the events of yesterday….we had 12 kids dropped at our house at 1:30 to begin the oldest’s birthday excursion.  We loaded up the goodies gear and kids in three vehicles and off to Evergreen Lake we went.  We unloaded all 12 kids, their gear(snow pants, gloves and helmets and made our way to the lodge to get the details on the warming hut and which ice rink was reserved for our party.  My friend, Andrea stayed with the kids to help them with their skates while the Mr. and I carried the food and decorations to the old fishing lodge i.e. warming hut.

The warming hut was built on the bank of the lake. It was made of giant old logs with ten large windows overlooking the ice rink in front. Inside it looked like an old log cabin with two gas fire places.  I surrounded the fire place with chairs so the kids could come in to warm up if needed and enjoy cupcakes and hot cocoa.  The kids had a blast!  The temp was well above 50 degrees for the first hour and a half and then dropped a good 20 degrees when the sun went behind the mountain on the west.

The kids skated around and around..they played ice tag…had a few hard falls (thus the helmets) and had an all around good time.  Another friend from school came to the party with her mom which made it possible for the Mr. to go home early to wait for the pizzas.  Good thing he did, because I had only ordered two pizzas! He called and doubled the order(Thank you, Honey).  I made a ceasar salad to go along with the pizzas…the had some bread sticks and finally cream puffs which were still a little frozen.  I don’t think it mattered too much that the cream puffs were frozen. Some kids came in for seconds and thirds and our kiddos(being the great hosts they are) only had one slice each. (We had to order one more after everyone left)

After the kids mowed down dinner…. I attached red lights to their clothing so they could go outside under the pitch black skies and play capture the flag and tag. I think all in all the party was a great success. Their parents picked most of them up a little after 6:00p.m. and the Mr. and I were wiped out!

As you know in lieu of gifts the oldest asked for donations to our troops.  Boy was he successful.  His friends brought everything from baby wipes(much appreciated out in the sand I’m sure)to movies, protein bars, nuts, and much more. Jenn’s Grandma and Grandpa also gave him a 20 dollar bill inside a birthday card which was a bonus since he expected nothing.

Today the boys and I are going over to a friends to make sandwiches to deliver to the homeless for lunch.  Our friends took clothing down at Christmas and the homeless asked if there was any food because they only get a small breakfast and a small dinner, so Dominique asked her mom if they could make and take lunch down.  We have some very thoughtful friends and I am so glad the boys want to participate today.

The Mr. will be on the phone most of the day.  The oldest has a dentist appointment this afternoon and we need to prepare for school tomorrow. Our 19 days of vacation flew by.  I would kind of like to keep them home with me a little longer.

Have a fabulous day and God Bless!

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