Secrets of a Party Crasher

Happy Fifth of July!

Here are my sweet, little, beautiful, wonderful, perfect all-American girls:

For our afternoon activity on the Fourth, we invited our friends to join us at the pool. Emily took the opportunity to perform a little service activity. She thought it would be nice to help Aaron prepare for his baptism on Saturday by helping him under the water a few hundred times. He was such a good sport about it. We were also lucky to run into some more friends at the pool were Emily (she was really in a service-y mood) encouraged Sydney to jump off the high dive with her. Here is Em on the high dive:

It was very windy so we didn't stay as long as we normally do. Plus, both Grace and Natalie seemed eager to get home to do this:

We then had a barbecue at my mom's. Where we basically invited my parents to host a barbecue, buy the food, cook the food and have us over! We brought chips! This was the beginning of our trend for the night called crash in on peoples fun!

Our next adventure in party crashing was at the oh so special and exclusive cul-de-sac by my sister. We brought a variety of ice cream treats to crash here. It was a lot of fun! The kids, some adults and some other klutzy people played kickball. Some of us party crashers merely watched. The children had fun playing with these:

And of course there were many fireworks to enjoy! Some people felt like this about them:

And others liked to run straight for them!

And others just ignored them to eat cheese balls!

And still others just liked riding bikes:

On our way home from leaving this fun adventure, we found yet another party to crash! At this point I am completely out of "stuff to bring to parties we crash", so of course I had to make it up to my new hostess by kidnapping her for some ice cream. Unfortunately, when we made it to our favorite ice cream shop, we found this:

Not like that stopped us! We just went to Sonic for slushies instead!

So here are some tips from an amateur party crasher:

• bring something so you don't feel guilty


• if you have nothing, kidnap the hostess and go for ice cream


• try to make friends with everyone, so they think you were invited

But if you want to crash a baptism, you will need an excuse like, "I used to be his primary teacher!" This is a surefire way to get yourself invited to the luncheon ;)

Got Wheels?

There were too many people there for this to classify as a secret. Jaqui planned an exciting adventure at the Jordan River Parkway. We planned on taking the kids on wheels along the path for fun! Get a little exercise, chat a little and let the kids play.

Here we are starting out:

Lexi was very excited to go:

Everyone had a fun time on wheels:

But a few people had to work harder:

Than others:

And then there was Sophie's idea of working hard:

This was our first attempt at something like this, so here are my "notes to self" for the next time.

Bring more water, but it is okay if Emily is still in charge of it:

Don't send Heather after Emily who went after Caely and Adrianna who were looking for these boys:

Who weren't really missing. Calling on a cell phone is a much better idea than sending everyone after one another much like the old woman who swallowed a fly!

But if you do have extra time waiting for everyone, climbing on the hill of black rocks is very entertaining, just ask Spencer:

Or you could always eat candy, after all, you have worked really hard!

At the end my kids said, "Is that it?" They really wanted to play on the park or swim in the river since we were at the Jordan River Parkway. It was a lot of fun even if it was really hot!! I know, I know, Heather would tell me that I am a whiner, but I never lived in Texas. I might actually melt there....

P.S. Emily, is this enough pictures for you?

The Secret's Out: Droopy Is In

I spoke to a friend of mine the other day. She was helping her sister after special "enhancement" surgery. She informed me that even if there is a group discount to count her out... it isn't worth it. She then informed me that droopy is in! And that if I need a friend to hang out with at the pool who has matching breasts, she would be happy to join me! Thanks, friend! Join me anytime! And anyone else who has the old and unimproved "mommy" breast look.

Oh, and to help hide them, we can where thin white tank tops over our swimsuits. It's not like they get wet and become see through and show off everything we hoped to cover! It works, just ask a bunch of folks at the pool!

Secrets to Successful Six-year-old Birthday Party

I have discovered the secret to a perfect birthday party! It is in the three "P"s

Pool

Pizza

Presents

Nicole had a fabulous birthday party at the pool tonight.

Secret Interview with a Six-year-old

Happy Birthday, Nicole!!!

I can hardly believe that my little girl is 6 today! Wow! Where did all the time go? It amazes me how quickly time passes. I had a little interview with Nicole to determine her favorite things at six:

Favorite color: Green

Favorite T.V. show: Spongebob Squarepants (blahhh!)

Favorite Movie: The Little Mermaid

Favorite Activity: Watch T.V. (you can tell what a great mom I am)

Favorite Website: iCarly and Sesame Street dot com

Favorite Hairdo: Straight down

Favorite Vacation Spot: Disneyland (I've trained her well!!)

Favorite Food: Apples

Favorite Treat: Candy

Favorite Game: Monopoly Jr.

Favorite Book: Little Quack's New Friend

BFF: Ellie (of course)

And here is my personal favorite! When asked what she wants to be when she grows up, Nicole said the following:

A plain mom! And have the daddy do all the work!

Steve thinks I trained her well....

Happy Birthday Sweetheart! We love you and hope you have a wonderful year as a six-year-old!