~Sarah's birthday party~

WE ARE HAVING A LOT OF ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS IN OUR HOUSE. LAST NIGHT I SAW A FLASH OF LIGHT AND NOW THE LIGHTS IN 4 OF OUR ROOMS DO NOT WORK!!! PLEASE PRAY FOR SAFETY UNTIL WE CAN GET THEM FIXED. THANKS!!
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~I'm not really "into" cake decorating, so my kids' birthday cakes are always very simple. Sarah loves Strawberry shortcake, so we used that theme for her birthday party.~
~When we went to find "Strawberry shortcake" plates, cups, etc. we couldn't find any. So, we just used plain white and hot pink for everyone except Sarah.~
~And then as another little gift for Sarah for her birthday we bought her this "Strawberry Shortcake" real plate to use at her place.~
~Sarah with her table.(In her skates again. =)~
~Sarah with her friends Gaby, Lady (holding Elijah), and Paula, and her sister Kimberly.~
~First we took everyone to the park to play for an hour or so. Sarah with her friend Gaby and Noah.~~Kimberly, Paula, and Lady playing ball.~
~The girls swinging.~
~Noah having fun. He was feeling a little OUT-NUMBERED by the girls. He cannot wait until Elijah gets older. =)~
~What Elijah did while we were at the park. He chewed on apples through this little neat contraption which helps him not to choke.~
~Then we went home and ate pizza, chips, pop, and birthday cake.~
~Sarah opening her gifts from her friends.~

~Later when Jimmy's Parents came to pick up Jimmy's girls they had fun with Elijah and this balloon.~

~Elijah loved this balloon.~
~I told our guests that I had some sugar cookie dough already made up and asked them if they wanted to roll them out, cut them into shapes, bake them and decorate them. These girls had never baked ANY cookies before in their lives, and they REALLY were excited and WANTED to do it. To them it was like an "Edible craft." So...we pulled out the dough, flour and powdered sugar to roll the dough in, 30 or so cookie cutters, sprinkles, colored sugars, etc. and got everything set up for 6 kids (including Noah) to roll out and make cookies.
~I was VERY busy with very FLOURED hands running from person to person helping them get their dough rolled out, etc. WHEN ELIJAH WOKE UP FROM HIS NAP. HELP! I needed someone to hold him...so Gaby held him until I could get my hands all cleaned up to take him.~
~The kids busy rolling and cutting their cookies.~
~The older girls decorating their cookies.~
~The younger girls decorating their cookies.~
~The older girls happy with the finished product. We didn't finish with the cookies until nearly 8:00 PM Saturday night. After they left I CLEANED UP...for there was COLORED SUGAR, SPRINKLES, FLOUR, POWDERED SUGAR, BITS OF DOUGH, ETC. ALL OVER MY HOUSE...but it was worth it for the girls went home with plate-fuls of decorated cookies and with VERY HAPPY HEARTS...And...Sarah had had a Happy 8th birthday!! =)
But, Needless to say after a BUSY Saturday, and 2 church services on Sunday (which includes riding 3 taxis, a bus, and walking 1 1/2 miles or more each Sunday) having company 2 times on Sunday, etc. I was exhausted!! =D