Catch-up: Scott's Awesome Birthday Party

After our Memorial Day BBQ, Scott was hanging out, and we were all playing Dr. Mario (Man, do I love Dr. Mario!). Anyway, Scott mentioned that his birthday was coming up and that he was sure it was going to be super lame. So, I asked him what his ultimate birthday would be like. Surprisingly, he said that he would love to have a party with a bouncy house and a pinata.

The weeks past, and I decided to give Scott his party but to make it a SURPRISE. So, I invited friends, made a menu, ordered the bouncy house, made a cake and picked up the pinata. Lisa and I collaborated to get Scott to our house and man, was he surprised!

The bouncy house was SO MUCH FUN! If you ever see a bouncy house for sale, call me! I think the big kids loved it more than the babies. Beating the pinata was fun, but the adults didn't really want the candy. I made Scott a lemon cake with strawberries, cream cheese filling and a vanilla buttercream icing. He happily decorated his own cake wreck.

It was a great day. Here are the pics:

Catch-up: Eliza's Broken Collarbone

So, I never elaborated. On Memorial Day, we gave an awesome BBQ with Claron's lab mate, Scott. Eliza LOVES her "Scotty." When bedtime came around, she did NOT want to go, which is unusual for Eliza. She is usually an easy sleeper. Regardless, we put her in her crib. About 3 minutes later, we hear a loud thud followed by a cry. We go upstairs, and she is on the floor. She had been climbing out of her crib successfully for months, and this was her first fall. I knew something was wrong because she cried for more than two minutes. Being Memorial Day, Claron didn't want to take her to the hospital because it was surely full of crazy drunks. We took her to the doctor the next day. The doctor didn't think was broken but sent us for an x-ray anyway. We don't have that x-ray, but here it is after healing for two weeks.

The doctors can't do anything for a two year old with a broken collar bone. They told us to give her motrin and try to keep her still and from climbing anything. The main goal was to not rebreak it while it was healing. Eliza actually enjoyed her confinement. She got to watch movie after movie. She loved it. The crazy thing is that now you can't even feel where it was broken.

Here she is that day after she broke it.

Amazing, huh!?