Ain't No Party Like a Plachy Party....

On January 25th, 25-30 ( I lost count) toddlers and babies descending on our home to celebrate Dom's birthday. It was a western theme, and we decorated our home as a dude ranch. 

Our Little Cowboy

We took all the furniture out of the dining room for the main play area. The curtain behind Dom is the "Fishin' Hole" a game Eunice created where the kids went fishing, and caught prizes (Uncle Ken was the fisherman behind the curtain. What a good sport! I wish I had a picture. He had on his fishing gear and everything!)

Just before the guests arrived. My mom made Dom's vest, and NIx's t-shirt is one from H&M. It is a fake cowboy outfit, like one of those tuxedo t-shirts. It was perfect!

The 60 cupcake cake from Publix. Soooooo tasty!! (and yes, Princess Megan is a fan of grocery store cakes! I know, can you believe it?).

   I have many, many more pictures from the event, but they have kids in them who I don't have parental permission to put on the blog. Needless to say, it was a western extravaganza. We had the train and tracks set up on the deck that was so popular (thank you Fairy Godparents!), along with a sand pit and some bubbles. Inside was the always popular rice table, tattoos and stickers, and balloons. We had Willys cater, which was yummy and much easier than making our own food. We had western goodie bags, and hats and bandanas for all the kids. It was a great day.

  I really need to take a moment to thank all of our friends who helped us make this day happen. Katy, you were a great party assistant, and your spread sheets made the planning so much easier; Eunice and Ken, thank you for all of your help setting up and for providing the fishing game; CoCo, thank you for all of your work setting up, and during the party; Lis, thank you for handling the front door; Jenna and Susanna and husbands, thank you for all of your cleaning up!! And Mom, thank you for coming and being here for the weekend, and not disowning me when I was awful to you while stressed! And anyone else I am forgetting this early in the morning, thank you! I am so lucky to have such a supportive neighborhood!!

Where Have I Been?

   Where have I been? To make a long story short: broken computer, damaged hard drive, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Christmas parties, California visitors, and 25-30 toddlers in my house. 

   What has Nicholas been up to? Since I last posted, he has started solid foods (made in my wonderful Beaba Babycook- Just when the French totally disappointment me, they come up with the glorious Beaba Babycook baby food maker), cut three teeth, grown to weigh 17.2 pounds, and has started crawling.  He crawls all over the place, and is getting pretty quick. I am not sure baby jail is going to hold him. 

It makes sense Nix would crawl so early- he has a big brother to keep up with!

Nix just being his smiley self.

And what of Dominick? Well, he is doing really well at school, visited the Farm and rode a gator with "the Farmer", now rides a tricycle, was the Abba for Shabbat, and is in general too cutie-cutie for words!

Christmas morning on his trike.

As the Abba.

He now poses like this for all pictures. Thank you, Lightning McQueen.

  And as for Mom and Dad, well, we are just trying to get some sleep!!