Party Animals

Last week was full.  Not only was B out of town but we had 4 parties and one Mother's Day brunch to attend.  (He did make the first of the parties before heading out).  The girls and I partied like it was 1999...

1st up we zip lined, ate junk food and swam...

 

Everyone was harnessed, helmeted and ready to go!

No fear!

And they're off.

 We sent the two four year olds ahead with the two guides.  The guides had to go first because there had to be someone on the other side to catch you when you came screaming in.  And since the littles had to go attached to someone (they don't weigh enough and aren't tall enough to catch on the other end) the guides were the perfect choice.  I was sent over next so that the poor guides didn't have to try to entertain little kids while trying to safely bring us to a stop.



We zip lined there.  We zip lined back.

B got in on the action too!

 We all landed safely and had a fabulous lunch (with delicious cake!) and it was time for the swimming part of the party.  MadHatter and Stinkerbell had been asking for weeks to go swimming so this was perfect.  Indoor and heated.

 One last sucker and we were headed home for naps.  For all of us.  We had a busy week ahead.

During the week I had not one, but two, Mother's Day celebrations at the girls school.  Not too many pictures.  I can only take so many pictures of the girls standing around not singing.  If you remember the Dieciocho program last year - not one word was uttered and we watched MadHatter deal with her stage freight.  Repeat this, times two, this year.  This is what I do have...other than some fun memories.

When she gets nervous that finger automatically goes to the mouth.

Her friend giving her some moral support.

Stinkerbell with the same hand in mouth stage fright...

But she did warm up a bit.  No singing, but hand motions.

And then we had another birthday party...This time, we played like we were Mexican jumping beans...

All suited up and ready to go....

 

        

Too small for the harness.  So we jumped freestyle

We ate chocolate...

We ate more chocolate...

We danced with friends...

 All in all, it was a great week.  And we have a party scheduled every Saturday from here until we leave for the States.  And a Daddy who is out of town every weekday in between.  It might mean I am behind on my blogging of events like I have been this month.  It's tough to keep up when you are a single mom, but I will try...