Month: October 2011

My sister Michelle was here in Texas with her job the week before my birthday so she extended her stay to spend the weekend with us. We picked her up at TCU after the law school fair at 2 pm on Friday and the adventures began. It was her first chance to meet Amelie and Nadia was thrilled to see her again. We skype with her as much as possible, but to hug in real life is so great! The first thing we did was head back to the house for Amelie to take a much needed nap. Michelle really wanted Texas BBQ for dinner so we planned to hit Danny D’s in Hurst. (if you have never been, it’s yummy) After our meal Michelle commented on how different it is seeing us with 2 kids. That made me laugh since it’s true on so many levels.

On Saturday Michelle, the girls and I all headed to Jurnee’s fairy party which I already blogged about. After that Aunt Michelle played games, read books and had a blast with the girls until everyone needed a nap. That night we headed for Angelo’s BBQ (see top photo). Michelle bought some spices to take home and she tells me that John has already made her some yummy chicken.

On Sunday we took it easy in the morning with lots more Aunt Michelle play time. For lunch we met Laura and her kids at Bellisimo for some yummy Italian food. Then we rode over to their place for Michelle to see all their cats and their new house. The girls passed out on the way home.

That evening we headed for Party City to pick up the supplies for Nadia’s party. The photo below will make me smile for all my days!

That night we had a craft a rama! Nadia and I believe that you can never have too many foamies and have now converted Michelle.

When I woke up the next day Michelle and Nadia were waiting for me with cards that were so sweet. We had a great morning and then took her to the airport and I tried hard not to cry after having so much fun catching up and watching the girls have so much fun with Michelle. Love you!

Nadia’s sweet friend Jurnee turned 5 at the beginning of the month and her birthday party was at ‘Sweet & Sassy’. She had an Enchanted Fairy party and boy was it an adventure. The girls arrived and picked out a fairy dress to wear. Then they moved to the hair and make up area for the “high school girls” (Nadia’s words) to do their hair and face paint. Nadia didn’t want them to do her hair, but she did get glitter spray and the face paint.

Can you believe this? I think I wasn’t prepared for how overwhelming this place was going to be 🙂

Once the girls were set the employees had them get up on the stage/catwalk to do some dancing. This was really cute to watch.

Here is Amelie – terribly upset that she is trapped on the sidelines when she could be in a fairy dress with glitter in her hair dancing on stage. I wonder if her little kid mind was wondering if I was punishing her or something because she had to stay on the side lines with Aunt Michelle and I.

After the dancing the girls went behind the stage and one of the employees did an announcement of each girl coming out on stage and being given their fairy wings and wand. Nadia ended up first in line and I don’t think she knew what hit her.

Look at Jurnee with her very cool rainbow wings! Then it was time for group photos and a parade around the store.

After the parade the girls went into a side room for cake and juice and then Jurnee opened her presents.

At this point Amelie took to the stage – thrilled that all the other girls were in the other room so she could do a little dancing and jumping. When the party was over I snapped this photo of Aunt Michelle and the girls.

Thanks for inviting us to celebrate your day Jurnee!