party party party

This weekend was a very busy one. We had two birthday parties and I had a baby shower that was scheduled for the same day as Selah's party. So Fri night Christy Shannon Lynn and I went up to the church and decorated for the shower so the church was looking cute for Sat. It was a classic pooh themed nursery so we decorated that way. Shannon came up with the idea of having a pooh bear that was floating up to a beehive. So the idea blossomed from there. We got a pooh bear and 3 balloons, tied them to his wrist and hung bee down all around the balloons. Then we hung a pooh blanket from the ceiling over the gift table and hung bees all around the room. It was very cute. Lynn had to go as soon as we were done but Christy Shannon and I took advantage of the time that we had away from kids. We all had little ones home with daddies (except for Lynn). By the time we were finished decorating it was passed all their bedtimes. Maybe that was subconsciously maybe on purpose, I'll never tell. We tossed around the idea of finding something to do, we were 3 moms with no responsibilities, (for a brief moment) free to do whatever on a Friday night. Surely we could think of something. But there we all stood, knowing that if it wasn't for 6 years and under, we were clueless of it's existence. So we all went home to quiet houses, happy for that.

We had to get up early Sat morning and head west to Tulsa zoo. Selah's birthday was a pink flamingo party. So cute. The zoo was having an exotic bird exhibit. They give you a Popsicle stick dunked in honey and then in birdseed. You just stand there and the bird fly up and land on the stick and munch away. Sometimes you would have 2 birds at a time. It was so fascinating to look at the bird feathers up close. God is sooo creative. Millions and millions of insignificant feathers painted as if they were fine china. Amazing. Then we partied under a quaint pavilion at the back of the zoo. Neat party. We did have a stalker mom. She was always just a few steps away from us no matter where we were in the zoo. It was just a little weird. We went back to Cari's and we (the kids) swam. Then we went to dinner before coming home. It was a short but sweet visit.

Elizabeth birthday party was Sun evening. She had it at John and Dillie's house out in the country. They take care of horses on their property and so the kids all were treated to horseback rides. John and Dillie are into serious outdoor living and they have two floor decks on the back of their house that are the same length as the house. So it is a great place to entertain. Fun fun fun. We got home Sun at about 10:30, we were bushed!