Pizza.  “The Princess Diaries.”  Having friends over.  Ane was absolutely thrilled with her party. Ane had invited several friends (including best buddies Lina and Little Mo), but a couple weren’t able to make it, one got sick and had to cancel, and one friend could only stay for an hour because she had another commitment. […]

We are FINALLY getting around to having Ane’s “friend” birthday party this weekend.  We kept putting it off because we (and when I say “we,” I mean Ane) kept changing our minds about the venue and the number of people.  I told Ane that she could take a small number of people out (to tea […]

The beginning of the year also means Danny’s birthday!  For the last two years, he’s had it at a local pool.  This year, all four of the kids went into the water.  Not because it made my life any easier, but because Thumper probably wasn’t going to sit in his Dad’s lap for an hour […]

So, there’s this video game that all the cool kids love.  It’s called Minecraft.  Ane is obsessed with it (this is why she was an Enderman for Halloween), and has hooked Tad and Rerun into at least knowing some of the characters in it.  This is why her birthday party theme was Minecraft, and why […]