I survived a day with the 3 Amigos....

Yep. That is right. I watched the three amigos all by myself yesterday and have survived to tell about it. At first, I panicked when my brother asked me to be there at 9:15 am to watch Carter and Evan. My understanding was that the plan all along was for me to bring Gabby over and watch all three of them the evening of March 18. I thought no sweat - there is dinner, play time and then bedtime. Easy enough, right????

Then I found out I was to watch them ALL DAY LONG. THE THREE AMIGOS - CARTER, EVAN & GABRIELLA - ALL BETWEEN THE AGES OF ONE AND TWO. . . ALL BY MYSELF!!!! Holy cow. I immediatly called for back-up in the form of my sister. Of course, she flaked to snowboard. Regardless, it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Lunch of course was a DISASTER, but believe it or not, I somehow managed to get all three of them down for a nap at the same time!!! Don't ask me how, because I honestly think it was just some fluke of nature or the stars were all aligned in my favor or something. Regardless, we had fun and we all survived. WOO HOO!!!!

First Birthday Party and the Hangover after

Yes, I did just say that I had a hangover after Gabby's first birthday party. And it wasn't even the kind of hangover caused by fun drinking or overindulgence. This was an "wow-that-was-fun-but-thank-God-that-it-is-over" hangover. Pure exhaustion and the feeling that I hadn't eaten anything of any nutritional value in ages.

But, the most important thing is that Gabby had a great time and it was so much fun watching her play with the other kids. They didn't quite get the whole pinata thing, but that is ok, there are many more birthdays for that so I am sure they will all lunge for the candy in a few years. As usual, Gabs was surrounded by boys. So many male cousins! She had fun with the toy gifts and I will have fun dressing her in wearable gifts so that is good. All in all, I would call the party a success!

I will post some pictures of the event next time!

In Honor of St. Patty's Day - Gabby's Creamed Spinach Incident.

Enough said.