Busy Party Day

Today was a little bit crazy. One of those days where I just wanted to crawl into a hole and be alone. Why does being an adult have to be so hard sometimes? I had a giant list of stuff to get done as I'm sure you can relate to at one time or another.

One of the big contributors to my stress was signing all of the closing paperwork for our home in California. Yep, we bought a house there! Although super exciting and scary at the same time, the process has been a real headache. Getting all of the information has been like pulling teeth. I'm so excited to finally have it all behind us. Today was my turn. A notary showed up at my house, and for two hours I signed papers. Phew!

When that was over, I had to go back into super mom mode and pull of a birthday party for Claire. Since we will be gone on her birthday in a couple of weeks, we planned an early party so that she could celebrate with her friends. 

First we made monster cupcakes. I actually let my kids decorate them. It was hard to give up the control over decorating. My perfectionist side was itching to do it myself. They turned out cute though. 

We had 6 girls show up for the party. Along with my 3, I had my hands full! Chris is still in California, so I was supervising on my own. Luckily the girls are all really great, but boy did they get loud!!

For the party we had fun decorating masks with feathers, sequins, and glitter. Then we played a fun dress up game followed by cupcakes and ice cream. Afterwards, we got to the main event: makeovers. Boy am I glad that I bought them a bunch of dollar store eye shadow and lipstick. They destroyed it. The girls did makeup on themselves and each other as well as manicures. We also had the curling iron going and plenty of hair ties and headbands. They had a great time getting all fancy!

Claire got some really great gifts from her friends. One of her friends got her a stuffed cat with a matching kitten. If you know Claire, you know how ecstatic she was about this. There were great books, gift cards, friendship bracelets, hair chalk, and play doh. She loved it all!

Phew!! Done again for another year. Claire had a great time and that is what matters most. I'm glad that we got to party with her friends one last time. She will really miss everyone here.