late night pj party!

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halle has been begging me to have a party for her, a late-night, pj party. i hear reminders everyday....after i crimped her hair, "oh, i wanna crimp the girls hair at my party" or if we drink koolaid, "i want to have koolaid at my party" or hear a certain song, "we should dance to this at my party".....i had a free friday, so we went around to the neighborhood girls with invitations , and we had the funnest pj party. we had 10 girls total, but since they were neighborhood friends , their ages varied from our cousin lucy, a couple 5 year olds, 6, three 9 year olds, up to 11 years old. i didn't realize how much fun this would make the party because it wasn't just chaos....all the girls came in their pjs. first we had dinner. halle wanted mummy dogs (hot dogs wrapped in cresent rolls) and kiki wanted mac and cheese. halle wanted koolaid, which was a huge treat and kiki wanted me to make jello, two things i never make....kiki wanted me to buy potato chips and halle asked for a chocolate cake, which the girls decorated with candies. after dinner i got out all our nail polish and tooth picks. one of the girls brought a nail decorating idea book and the girls did pocka dots , sparkles, ect. for an hour!! then we went up stairs and they put on make up. i put on eye liner and mascara on all the girls and they thought that was pretty cool. then they played for a while and then laid out their sleeping bags and watched a little bit of a movie while i crimped hair. then we had cake and played the wii. it was such a fun night! i can't wait to do it again! halle and kiera were so giddy and giggly the whole night. it is fun to do something so easy that i know will make them sooo happy!

we didn't want to leave our cousins out of the party , but knew it was just too girly. so lynn had a boys party at the same time for her boys and the neighborhood boys. they had a fun night too!

we are really lucky to live in such a nice neighborhood with some really fun neighborhood kids. we have been going out everyday from after school time, when all the kids get home till night. the weather is awesome and the kids are having a great time!

universal studios

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for my birthday this year we decided to take a long weekend and go to universal studios. we really wanted to take james and adam with us but lynn was nervous about a trip like that without her. i finally talked her into it, caling her at 4am the morning we were leaving and convincing her that we just couldn't leave without them. when the girls got in the car that morning and saw the boys sitting in the back seat, they started screaming they were sooo excited they were coming with us. it turned out to be the funnest trip and something we will all never forget. what could be funner for the kids then taking a trip with there best friends! the kids were great at keeping each other company in the car and in the long lines. they never cared about waits or long walks because they were always having fun doing whatever. the line for harry potter was an hour and when we finally got to the front of the line, the kids either couldn't do it or didn't want to, but the boys thought that walking through the line , which was through the castle, was the highlight of the trip! there are sooo many fun kid rides and splash pad , water areas, too that we spent tons of time at. we spent all day thursday, friday and half day saturday, leaving about 5pm to head back to ga. on friday we spent 9 hours at the park! we all crammed into a hotel and the kids passed out at night! the girls loved showing off what they knew about the park since they had been there before and the boys loved talking about what rides they wanted to do with their dad when he comes home for a visit this summer!