Party in the morning, party at night; party all day, 'til we all sleep tight.

We had Weston's birthday party this morning. Eight extra boys were here to help us celebrate the eight years of Weston's life. It was a sports themed party, complete with a soccer ball pinata, concession stand food, a UT football stadium cake and baseball rice crispy treat favors. Plus, the boys spent most of the day outside playing sports of various kinds, even though it was super-cold and a little wet. They seemed not to notice and had a wonderful time.

Most of the boys actually spent the entire day with us, since we were having our CC end-of-semester party at the house this evening and their parents were going to be joining us anyway. We had about 40 people here for a lovely little potluck. We love our sweet CC family!

And, while both parties were a great deal of fun, we are all now exhausted and will relish the prone position for the next several hours.

Peanuts and Cracker Jacks

A half-hearted, one-armed swing was all it took to break this heavy beast!

Weston told me the cake was "maybe a little bit better than what I was hoping for!"
That made the engineering, mess and UTness of it all totally worth it.

Rockin' out to "Happy Birthday"

A special gift for this sports' fan from Nana and Papa:
tickets to the high school football state playoffs in Cowboy Stadium next month

"Thank you for making my birthday party a hit!"