Riley's Birthday

Thursday was Riley's birthday and it was a very busy day. We had our last day of Day Camp from 9am-3pm and then we helped clean up. We left there around 5:15 and she had a softball game at 6 so we rushed home and cleaned up. We made it to the game and then we took her out for dinner. She chose Red Robin. I love that place but I think their kids meals are really overpriced. Riley gets the macaroni and cheese with two melon slices and it is 4.99 and it does not come with a drink! There is only probably one cup of macaroni there anyway! It is ridiculous if you ask me. When we got home we let her open two presents because she was not have her party until Friday. After we got the kids to bed we realized that our basement had gotten water in it with all the rain and there was mold appearing on the carpet. Now we have to take care of that problem and probably re-carpet the basement. What a day!














Friday we spent the day getting ready for Riley's birthday party. She chose soup and salad for dinner and wanted me to make an ice cream cake for her. So I was in the kitchen from 7:25 until 4:15 with a little break to run to the store for things I had forgotten and balloons. We made chicken chili, clam chowder and meatball soup. I thought it would be a pretty easy meal since I could get the soups in the crock pots and let them go but with appetizers, cake and cutting everything for salads, it took all day. Like every other birthday party has gone in the past, we were still trying to decorate when everyone started arriving. She had a great time.