Emma's Grace

In May, Emma turned 2.  In 8 days, Matthew will turn 5.  And that means birthday parties!

Or, party in our case.  We decided that a joint birthday party would be better than trying to get everyone together for 2 parties.

And that was our plan for this weekend.  Sunday was going to be our party.  We had a Ben 10 and Koosh ball party.  Matthew was very excited to have a shared party.  He even wanted to have a Ben 10 cake with Ben holding a Koosh ball.  He’s such a sweet little boy.

Sadly, we ran into a small problem.  Mommy got sick.  Two Sundays ago, Matthew had a stomach bug.  Last Monday, Emma had it.  And with all the cuddling a Mommy does, it’s bound to happen that Mommy gets it.  I spent most of Saturday laying on the bathroom floor.

The cakes were done (thanks Mom!).  Almost everyone was in town to come over (sorry Kim & Brian).  It didn’t seem fair that Matthew and Emma would have to miss their party because I got sick.  But we couldn’t let everyone come over and catch my bug.  So, we came up with an alternate plan.

We moved our party to Pizza Hut . . . minus Mommy.  We let everyone know what was going on.  The Pizza Hut we frequent isn’t usually busy.  So I called them to let them know we’d have a large party coming in.  They even said we could put the bucket of ice cream in their freezer.

There wouldn’t be decorations.  But there was food, cake, ice cream, presents, and family.  And lots of fun.  Or so I’ve been told.

Matthew had a lot of fun, especially with his cousin Carly.  Emma fussed, but that’s been a norm lately.

I missed out.  But more important was my kids having their party.

And now we need to eat all the food that we bought for the party.  Anyone want some hot dogs & burgers?

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