Little Brown (Sugar) Lies

I have been M.I.A. for quite some time. Booo. But believe me, I have not been trying to give my blog the finger.

I have really missed my blogs, but I have just been overwhelmed and super swamped with (trying to keep up with) school work, watching the baby learn how to walk, volunteering, handling Board member duties, soothing the baby's teething fever, balancing out of town trips, and hitting the Capitol for an advocacy training.

 

Whew!

But enough with the excuses. I'm back, toots, so let's get into the swing of things again!

Besides the aforementioned crap going on in my life, the silver lining is that my mom came into town to visit the Grandbaby!

Grandmommy Mary & Baby Willow

at "Cooking with Kids Night" at the Daycare

She hasn't seen my daughter since she was 3 weeks old. My mom, Mary, flew up to see us from my homeland of Nashville, TN. I should really be calling Nashville the "mothership" because I feel like an alien whenever I go back to visit. Everything has changed so much in the 10 years since I've moved to Yakima, so much so that I feel lost in my old stomping grounds (which have are now gentrified and countrified, with Matt Hasselbeck and Nicole Kidman laid to the side.)

But don't get it twisted. I am so thankful for all of my Tennessee upbringing, such as knowing that there IS a difference in hot water cornbread and cornbread.

Hot Water Cornbread(yum!)      

Skillet Cornbread (weaksauce!)

One year olds & Birthdays & Hello Kitty

I am so loving this right now!

It's a Hello Kitty Kids Meal for the Hello Kitty airline run by http://evakitty.evaair.com/ch/

(Thanks to CNN for the link to the story! http://www.cnngo.com/explorations/life/eva-air-does-its-best-new-hello-kitty-jets-623405?hpt=hp_bn7)

I betcha I can replicate it. All I have to do is find some Hello Kitty molds online for real cheap. Like this site, here:

http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/product_view/moldworld/3318045/diy_handmade_silicone_soap_mold_candle_cake_mold_6-hello_kitty_mold/supplies/handmade_supplies/other

What's up with the Hello Kitty fetish, all of a sudden, you may ask? Well, my daughter is turning the big 0-1 next month and I'm faced with the challenging decision of whether or not to throw her a 1 year old birthday party. I'm not ready to do that yet. I still haven't even had time to sit down and send out Thank You cards to everyone who came to my baby shower, let alone have a few minutes to send out invitations to a birthday party! Well, I guess that's a lie, I mean, I do have time to sit here and write up this blog, so excuses, shamuses on me!

If I am going to do a bday party, it's gonna be simple, quick, and cheap and the theme is preferrably Hello Kitty.

It's not going to look cheap, though, I have my ways. Like making the theme a tie in with Valentine's Day, because then I could buy all of the decorations at up to 70% off come February 15th! (I know that's wrong of me to be so cheap, but it sure is a tempting thought!)

I have never thrown a kid's party before so I don't know what all is expected for the 1st year. Party favors, cake, something to put on the tables, and enough chairs for all the little tykes invited. And then you have to plan some games, too?!! I'm just worried that if I throw her a little party I'm gonna have about 5-10 babies ending up looking like this:

and honeychile, I am NOT going to be cleaning that mess up!