Cassidy's 4th Birthday party

Wow how time flies...a friend of mine was just asking about Cassidy and how she was doing. They knew her birtday is coming up on Wednesday, and that she will be four years old. WOW! Four years old...makes me feel REALLY OLD! Anyway, I did make myself a promise that I might not post on the exact day, but who knows, maybe I will change my mind. This past weeekend, was a busy one.

It all began Thursday night. I made myself a challenge this year...I was going to make Cassidy's 4th birthday cake...what a challenge it was. Well to begin, I am certainly not Duff on "Ace of Cakes" and I am not the baker's on "Cake Boss" either. They do that because they are crazy! (Just kidding). But this birthday, I took on the task. Cassidy wanted a pool cake with Barbie. How hard can that be???? Well, on Thursday night, I baked what I thought would be enough cake for the pool. Three cakes, right?????? Boy was I wrong =-). Thanks to my errand boy, Mike he went back up to the store Thursday night to buy more cake. I felt horrible because it was at 9 p.m. that he volunteered to go. Finally, around 11:00 Thursday night, I finished my cake baking. Now onto the fun part, decorating...

Friday morning started out great, Cas woke up in a good mood since she didn't have school, and I didn't have work =-). Her class had a field trip to the museum, so I agreed to be a volunteer parent, so the kids would not outnumber us. We had a good time, the museum we were at had a school room, had an operating room, a grocery store...etc. The kids had a great time. They even got to do parachute time and loved it. Once we left the museum, Cas and I ran to Chick-fil-A and then back to the hosue.

Friday afternoon, Cas had her friend Lauren over...good distraction for Mom to make her birthday cake. The girls played upstairs and downstairs, inside and out. They played with the dog, and without the dog. Needless to say, they had a great time! Once Lauren left, Daddy came home to save the day. The entire time the girls were playing, I was decorating "The Cake". After frustration, and numerous candies falling off, I was about to throw in the towel. But, before I could do that, Miek saved the day! He had a steady hand, and helped me finish decorating the cake. (I have posted some pictures of the stages of the cake for you to see).

Finally, around midnight, I crawled into bed and laid my head down, then it was a waiting game to see if the cake would crumble...



Saturday morning was an early one for us. Fourtunatley we decided to have Cas' birthday at Chuck E. Cheese, because we woke up to the sound of rain...go figure. Of all days I would have rather it not rain, it did. Oh well, I guess I can't control everything =-). Cas' party started at 10:00 a.m. but we wanted to be there a little early of course. Amazingly we made it out the door on time and got to Chuck E. Cheese about 9:45 or so. I was so impressed with them. We had our own designated "Party Hostess" that made sure we had everything we needed throughout the entire party. All the kids had a great time with playing on all the rides, playing games, eating pizza, and CAKE!!! The kids loved the cake. The parents did to, which was a plus. The kids had no idea how long it took to make, but Cas showed all of her friends. She was so excited, and it made it all worth it in the end.

After the party ended at noon, we stayed a little while longer. We finally left around 2:00. Wow, I felt like I was in a time warp. We got home, and opened presents. That is the different thing that we didn't do at the party because we wanted the kids to have more time to play. Cas got a ton of stuff, and by the end was really tired of opening gifts.

Saturday evening, we had some friends of ours over for dinner with their daughter Brooke. Brooke was so excited, she was at Cas' birthday party as well, so she could not wait to see what all Cas got. I cooked a meal that normally is wonderful, but I think I was sleep deprived because it didn't taste like it had the first time I made it. Luckily the salad was good...Oh well, I hope our friends Mike and Patty come back to our house again after that.

On Sunday, it was catch up day from everything I should have done on Saturday. I mowed the yard, did laundry, and played with Cas. I forget how much fun playing with Polly Pockets and Barbies is. I know that Cas had a good time as well. Sunday afternoon, Cassidy and I ran over to Gammy and Poppa's to say hi, and she got to tell them all about her birthday.

Overall, we had a wonderful time from Thursday to Sunday. I learned a lot this weekend. I learned, that children love you no matter what their birthday cake looks like, children are so easy to please, and SLEEP is a VERY IMPORTANT factor in life!

With that, I will say goodbye for this post. Until next post.