Too Many Things Planned for One Day

Our weekend started out pretty busy. My brother and SIL flew into Phoenix on Thursday night and we decided to meet up for dinner and some socializing Friday evening. The plan was to start with a golf game (for the boys) but as usual Kev got caught up with Army nonsense and only caught the last nine holes. We had a great time hanging out with Nate and Lori, Ben and Caitlin, my Mom and Brett and Shireen (Nate and Lori's friends who graciously hosted us). We finally pulled into the driveway around 11pm.

I've found that my belt works well when I forget the high chair.

The kids got to wrestle around with Uncle Nate
and little Ben just had to give him the elbow of death.

The next morning we rose pretty early (my house was a disaster from Kevin being gone all week) and got our clean on. Our plans for the day were to attend Ryley's Preschool Graduation and her birthday party.

The 'Promotion' ceremony was really cute but some parents took it over the top. The fact that they even hold a graduation for preschoolers troubles me a little but when parents bring their children bouquets of flowers and a limo ride it's a little much. Okay, there wasn't any limos but you get my point. We ditched last years promotion for Sam and Rachel's weeding (Happy Anniversary!) so Ryley was really excited this year to attend. She's really enjoyed this preschool program and can't wait till kindergarten in August!

I still hadn't done any shopping I needed to for Ryley's b-day party and figured I'd squeeze it in between the two events. If it wasn't crazy enough already, the Suburban through a monkey wrench in by breaking down, again. (It has left us stranded for three weekends in a row, but that is another story)

I made it home with about an hour to spare before 15 little girls arrived at the house. We set up the slip in slide, filled up water balloons and I started the cake. I had this brilliant idea to just make a cookie cake (one big chocolate chip cookie with icing). This is where the fun begins... I didn't leave enough room on my baking stone for the cookie to expand and so shortly after placing it in the oven in began to drip on the burners below. It then started smoking, really bad, and I didn't remove it because it was almost done. I had put foil on the rack below to catch any further dripping but before I knew it the drippings that had made it to the oven bottom caught on fire. Needless to say, Kev was close by and took care of it with the fire extinguisher. Ten minutes till the party started and I was out a cake. Kev was off to the store for a new one and my house smelled like a burnt chocolate chip cookie topped with the scent of a fire extinguisher.

Cookie Cake dusted with fire extinguisher

Kevin's new choice of cake

Ryley had a fabulous time and enjoyed having her friends over to celebrate.
This is a pinata that you don't have to whack, everyone grabs a string that is attached to the bottom and pulls.

After the days events Kevin and I were in need of a night out. My mom was staying with us and so kindly offered so we could escape. We meet up in Casa Grande with Aaron and his lady friend for dinner and a movie. Oh what a day!