I was thinking of alternately titling this post, “In which I totally do not have my sh*t together” OR “yet another birthday freak-out”. Really, it could be called SO many things.
But the gist of it is: I am blowing town two days before my kid’s birthday party. Now I will only be gone for like 36 hours and I will be back like an entire 15 hours before the party starts, so that’s ok, right??
Uhhhh…
I’d say Joshua’s birthday kind of crept up on me, but that’s just not true. I’ve had all his presents for forever. The problem is, we spent the long holiday weekend on a reunion vacation with my husband’s family in Myrtle Beach. We left Thursday night, slept in West Virginia, then drove 8 (really 10) hours Friday, had fun, and turned around and drove 12 hours home Monday. So I spent all LAST week preparing for the trip, and I’ve only had Tuesday-Wednesday to prepare for Joshua’s Sunday family party and Monday after-school friends party, and TODAY I should probably actually pack and do laundry because TOMORROW at 10:30 a.m. I am leaving to go tour Lake Erie’s top vacation sites with some other bloggers and journalists. And I said yes even though the timing is poor because I NEED A BREAK. And I get to take my BFF Lulee.
It’s going to be my first night away from Jonah, ever. Totes freaking about that. But I REALLY want to have him weaned by the end of March, and I am hoping this will be a good first step. Hold me!!
So I’ll get back Saturday night about 8, and Joshua’s family party is a brunch Sunday at 11. I am stacking up a bunch of donuts to look like a cake. Brilliant, right?
THEN Sunday night I am going to attempt to make these cupcakes I found on Pinterest for Joshua’s Pokemon (don’t get me started) party:
They look pretty easy, but chances are on Monday at 1 a.m. I am going to be calling Cortney and screaming “PLEASE MAKE ME SOME CUPCAKES BEFORE I KILL MYSELF!!!!!!!”
So there you have it. I am a total slacker. And I am probably going to ruin Joshua’s 8th birthday, even though I was out running birthday errands til 10 pm so he will have GOODY BAGS like he requested, and you know, FOOD at the brunch. And a Pokemon TABLE CLOTH for the love. It’s a good thing I got him some cool presents!
Now I must go start my laundry so I have actual clothes to wear on the tour of Lake Erie, so I can look and act like an actual human instead of this frazzled, stressed, mombie (Mom-Zombie, you LOVE IT) that I have been for a few days.
BUT FIRST – I gotta get out the door to the library to get Joshua a book on horses he has to have for Monday so he won’t also fail 2nd grade because of his mother!
we did a Pokemon party waaay back when there was just nothing out there, so I have some ideas for a few really simple decorations AND….just happen to have an extra roll of Pokemon wrapping paper laying around….if you’re interested lmk 🙂 Oh, and just BREATHE….it will all be ok!
I’ll be on call! 😉 don’t fret!
Mrs. Duggar called, thinks you’re such poser!!
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…and, you should have taught Sophie to bake cupcakes by now!! Geeze, hers were baking at birth.
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