Sunday, November 20, 2011

And Away We Go

A birthday party, lots of gifts, family and friends combined with a 163 mile round trip to Purdue University for another dance marathon made in a twenty-four hour period all work toward making for a very busy, very fun, very tiring weekend.

We had the annual cousins' birthday party this weekend. Even though Olivia won't be officially five until next Sunday, we celebrated her birth along with Jaxon's and Sabella's. This was their 4, 5, 6 year. They had great fun.

My mom made a Tow Mater cake for Jaxon. He was entralled by her culinary genius.

Olivia chose a rainbow theme for her birthday, so mini cupcakes arranged in the shape of a rainbow and cloud served her well.

The party started 3:00 on Saturday and by 5:15, the girls and I were packed in the car, heading south and west to attend Purdue University's dance marathon. We were about three hours late but it was worth drive.

We didn't have to tell O's Riley story until this morning, so we spend an hour at the dance and then headed to the hotel for about six hours of sleep.

As we were packing up to leave the party yesterday, Alyssa asked why we had to go. She bemoaned the fact that we'd been at IU's dance marathon just two weeks ago and she was tired of driving all over the state.

I told her we'd made the commitment and that I knew once we got there, she'd have as much fun as she always does. She tried to convince Tom to let her stay home with him but he told her he knew if she stayed with him, ten minutes after I left, she'd be declaring she wanted to be with me.

So off she went, not completely against her will but a bit petulantly.

I assured her we don't have another dance marathon until January, enough time for her to miss the adventure, the attention, the noise and the fun of it all.

Until then, though, we're ready for a few weekends of not being on the road.

1 comment:

Tiffany said...

That is one busy weekend! I'm with Alyssa..I don't like being gone that much either!