Should have been embarrassing, but....

The night before Greta's birthday as I was tucking her in and kissing her goodnight she asked me to give her a surprise party. Um.... Okay.... I started thinking that maybe I could call my sister and see if she would mind if I picked up her 4-year-old daughter on my way home from work and I would take the two girls to McDonald's for ice cream cones. After telling my mom she suggested having people meet at McDonald's instead. Okay. That would work. On my way to work Wednesday morning I called my sisters and sister-in-law to let them know about the surprise party. After work I called my mom who mentioned what a nice day it was, and that it was too bad we weren't going to have the party outside. ......Okay. I was stopping at a store to pick up balloons. She called and changed plans with my sister and sister-in-law while I changed plans with my brother-in-law, then called and left a message for my sister. But then we didn't have snacks for the party. Luckily there is a Wal-Mart between work and the park. We had a great time (even with the locked bathrooms - what the heck?!).

The next day, Andrea's birthday, I wanted to do something fun. But what?! I had picked up Chick-Fil-A for our family the week before and the girls loved it. I suggested getting it for dinner again, thinking Andrea would have a fun birthday dinner. My parents and the girls met me after work. We ordered the same exact food, only this time neither girl touched her chicken. I was shocked!! All Andrea had was her lemonade. The next day was the first big day of her cold, so maybe that's why. ??? While sitting in the food court Greta commented on a worker at a hot dog stand's hat (is it Hot Dog on a Stick??). I had my back to that restaurant so I wasn't really paying attention to what was happening. Out of nowhere Greta yells, "THEY'RE OUT OF THEIR PEN!!!! HE'S OUT OF HIS PEN!!!!" I started laughing, guessing who she was talking about. I turned to check, and it was the hot dog worker. She was on the outside of the restaurant, washing counters. Kind of makes me want to take her out like this more often. Seriously.

Happy birthday to my beautiful girls

We had a busy day for Greta's birthday. Now I'm up too late and it is Andrea's birthday. There are a lot of pictures that I would love to share and remember. Here are some that were easy to share.

I love you princesses! I hope your special days are extra special.

Nov 19, 2003

Nov 20, 2006 (pict taken Nov 21)

Nov 20, 2006

Nov 18, 2008

Nov 19, 2008