Where my girls at?

Birthdays were always a big deal in my family. Likewise for the birthday party that went along with each special day. My mom and I have always been slightly more celebratory than average, and birthdays provided a special excuse to go overboard. Cake, candles, gifts, special birthday lunches and dinners, balloons, and the infamous "birthday week" (or sometimes month) were par for the course in my house. It was, in a word, awesome.

And so it was with great pleasure that I planned, organized and prepped for Abby's 2nd birthday party, knowing this is just the beginning of many years of balloon blowing, cake making, invitation sending, and party favor wrapping. We invited a few of her closest girlfriends (along with their parents and younger siblings) and had a blast chowing down on pizza, eating Clifford cake and running off that sugar high in the backyard.

Abby thanked me by taking a great nap while I picked red frosting off my floor after all her guests left . Maybe we'll just have cookies next time.