Yesterday

Wake up. Sneak out of bed away from Aidia.
Go pee.
Walk downstairs to four, fourteen year old girls sleeping on my couch.
Grab phone and take a picture.
Bring cat down from Rio's room and feed her.
Make pancakes and fruit (trying extra hard not to burn them and actually succeeding this time) and leave on the counter.
Make coffee for me and Ray.
Answer an email to my friend, Angie, in a conversation regarding some creepy so-called 13 year old stalking Daniel and Sarkis online.Yuck.
Tell the girls about the pancakes on my way upstairs and get a typical teen response.
Continue through my morning routine of showering and dressing.
Wake up Daniel.
Clean breakfast plates.
Dress and entertain Aidia.
Remind Daniel to brush his teeth.
Chase the cat out of the garage.
Remind Daniel to brush his teeth.
Say goodbye to the girls as they get picked up.
Get a compliment from Rio about my pancakes (which was awesome because she doesn't even really like pancakes).
Then, of course,
remind Daniel to brush his teeth.

Pile in the car and take Daniel to freeskate at Volcom
(with the dog in tow so we can go to the Bark Park afterward).
Watch Daniel skate as Aidia tries to make friends with another little girl
and gets devastatingly rejected. Hold Aidia as she sobs.
Watch a little skater boy no older than four doing the 'pee pee dance' and mention it to Rio.
Watch him hop off his board and head to the bathroom.
Have Rio bring to my attention how amazingly in tune I am to the potty cycles of children.
Watch Sammy pull on the leash as he tries to herd the skaters.
Feel thankful Ray is there to be the big dog and handle Sammy,
and feel proud of Daniel for being such a talented little dude as I watch him skate.

Finish at Volcom, and then head to the Bark Park with Sammy.
Watch Sammy run.
And run.
And run.

Acquire the privilege of carrying Aidia's big pink jewelry box that she insists on bringing into the dog park
and doesn't want to hold anymore.
Get a shower by an overgrown poodle shaking it's head.
Keep Aidia away from the puddles.

Pile in to the car and head home.
Cook tacos for dinner and eat around Aidia's little table for the Vitamin Water Party she invites us to.
Start the process of cleaning our carpets with the cleaner Ray rented the night before.
Put Aidia in the bath and the cat in the bathroom with her while we clean the carpets upstairs.
Watch the cat find interest in the bathwater.
Finish carpets just in time to get the cleaner back to Albertsons.
Feel exhausted but thankful the house doesn't smell like Sammy's pee anymore.
Get Aidia out of the bath and feed her Ramen for dinner while she watches My Little Pony in her playhouse. Clean up last things that were in disaray from doing the carpets.
Fall asleep while laying with Aidia on the couch and surfing Netflix.

Wake up. Smell dog pee.

Hello, Monday.

Daniel's Fondant Techno Cake Prevails

Yes! The cake made it to the table:) it was a chaotic comedy show getting it there; one which I will possibly elaborate more on later. For now, I'm okay with the results of my first attempt at decorating a cake with fondant. Being that I am your typical disaster waiting to happen, I can appreciate the value in learning what to not do next time, like don't use 'whipped' butter cream icing as the fondants 'glue', and also make sure you have enough fondant or know how to make more...Hence my mushy looking cake that was only two layers instead of three.

I am satisfied enough though, because I loved the robot head I made for the topper, and so did the kids. It took a while and some failed attempts to come up with a plan, but once the parts were all together, I realized it only cost me about twelve dollars for everything. I got the mask, clear bucket, mini lights, foam 'knobs', and candles at a craft store. I painted the mask and foam 'knob' ears silver (thanks, Honey:), cut the forehead off, hot glued it to the inside of the lid, and added a brain behind it out of a blinky Disney necklace and random springs from the garage. Voilà! It even blinked! (not noticeable in the pics, unfortunately). It actually looked pretty cool, thank goodness. The techno head was the talk of the party.

Robot's Brain (pic doesn't show it blinking)

Considering I've been really sick for two

Aidia and her love of balloons...

Alexis and Aidia playing Ziggy

weeks, this project went pretty well. Most importantly, my son had a great time with his friends. As long as I got that cake on the table, with it's measly two layers, I knew everything would be fine;) 

The kids playing Miniclips on Daniel's laptop

The homemade birthday banner

What Happened Last Night?

Dear Blog,

Photo Credit from Google Images (Anonymous)

I should have never said anything about deleting you. I lost your trust and you bailed. I logged on to take another look at you last night, and you weren't there:( WTF?  I know Blogger said that it was down for maintenance, but I was able to see my account right in front of me and you weren't on it. What made it worse, is my other blog did the same. So, for about an hour last night, I was completely alone, staring at a big, empty blogger account. 
Who was I going to talk to? What about all I had shared with you? Was it going to be like it never existed? I started going through 'should have's' like 'I should have saved the important things', and 'I should have spent more time with it'. And then, you were back. Just like that. 
I'm not going to ask questions. I don't care what happened. I'm just so happy you weren't gone forever. I feel like this is my second chance to really do good by you. You've always been good to me. With you, I can be whoever I want to be. Whenever you talk about me, you describe me as a better person than I feel I really am . You fulfill my narcism indirectly and make my day more interesting. I don't care if I have no readers at all, I will never doubt how important you are to me.
Thank you for being you, and please don't ever leave me again.
Sincerely,
Dana