ramblings............: birthday catch up

Wow, I've had a bit of writer's block. I have actually sat down a few times to document things but it hasn't turned out right -so I never publish. But today I'm gonna give it a try! :)

I'm a bit behind on blogging so I'm just gonna pick up with Jade's birthday. She turned 12 this year and boy was she excited. The day of her birthday we went and got her ears peirced. She was thrilled. She said it hurt a bit more than she expected, but that she'd do it anyway. I find that so funny because it's so ME! Another funny thing about Jade is last night at the dinner table she was talking about how people cry when they say they're gonna get a divorce. I said yes, what a bout it and she's like well if both parties don't want to be married what's the problem. So I said, well what if I said I don't want to be your Mom anymore, how would you feel? She then said, well if I didn't want to be your daughter either then what's the problem. RObert busted a gut at that point and said, SHE's so your CHILD. It took me a few minutes to explain to her the nuances of relationships and that it's not that cut and dried. I still don't think she gets it. She is very cut and dry. Anyway, back to her party. The Friday after her birthday, she invited some friends over and we had a little makeup learning session and then had cup cakes and went to the movie Eclipse, and then off to Pizza Hut. The kids had a blast.

This is a picture of the table. I did it in a tea party kinda style. The purses were their party favor. It included the makeup that the girls put on.

The hand mirror was at every place setting so the girls would have reference when we put on makeup and talked about cleanliness and facial awarness, ie where the 'apple of the cheek' is and such.