Birthday Party

Lexie's birthday party turned out really good. She loved all her gifts,
and really enjoyed playing with all the kids who came. She did say that
she liked Logan's party at Puzzle's Fun Dome too. Logan said that he
liked her party better. There were several of her classmates (Bethany,
Cami, Jeffery and Gannon) who were able to make it, plus her cousins
Timmy and Nichole. We invited my girlfriend's nieces too, and Lexie was
happy to see them. They are older than her, but she relates well to
kids younger and older just as well. Theresia's daughters Rachael and
Theresia were there, and her granddaughter Kendall even got in the pool
with her mother for a little bit! Everybody had a good time playing in
the pool. The lifeguards were in full force with that many kids in the
pool. I was very impressed with how they handled everything. They were
all standing at the side of the pool watching and paying close attention
to the kids.

I got Lexie an MP3 player which I pre-loaded with her favorite tunes,
and we played it over her new boom box. She asked to take it to school
and listen to it on the bus and I told her it was ok. She said that
other kids bring their CD players on the bus to listen to them so I
figured it would be ok. I told her that I got her the MP3 player to
take back and forth between her grandmother's house and my place. She
really enjoys music, and I want her to have her own music wherever she
goes. She got clothes and toys too.

I made a cupcake tree with over 40 cupcakes. There was chocolate,
vanilla, and strawberry icing with sprinkles. We also had ice cream
(which I forgot and Joe and Dana went out to get for us-THANK YOU!!!).
The kids played in the pool from about 3:30 until almost 7. I got them
back to the apartment, and we had some Tombstone pizza and went to bed.
We were all exhausted.

I couldn't have done it without my awesome girlfriend Theresia's help.
She is fantastic at going around chatting, making sure everybody is
having a good time, organizing, taking pictures, setting up, making
preparations, going out to get stuff that was forgotten, de-stressing
me, and cleaning up-really the very best!!!