Party Central

I just realized that I have completely neglected writing any blogs. I guess I have no real excuse other than the fact that we have all been busy getting back into the routine of the school year. Unfortunately, it is taking me a lot longer than it should to get back into it. That is pretty pathetic considering it is almost October! We haven't been up to too much due to working, which is a huge adjustment from our fun summer. We continue to go to weekly Gymboree classes and we have friends over for all of the Penn State games. Other than that, we try to enjoy our weekends and attempt to get some rest and relaxation.

The majority of this weekend was not one of those where we could rest much. Friday night was Connor's 6th birthday party (I still can't believe he is 6!!!!), so we went over to Aunt Jen and Uncle Jay's for the big party right after school. Camryn was so excited to see Connor and Ella that we apparently couldn't get there fast enough for her! She kept saying "ConnorElla" over and over again and was extremely disappointed when we had to stop at the store quickly before we got to their house! She had a great time at the party playing with the kids. They even got to do a pinata together. Camryn was fine pulling the strings, but when the candy really started to fly out, she stepped back with an extremely worried look on her face as if she were thinking, "woah, I didn't do it!" Then, of course she enjoyed the yummy cake and burned off the sugar by playing with the balloons. Needless to say, she crashed as soon as we got home! It is a good thing because we had a big day planned for Saturday.

On Saturday, Camryn and I were invited to Gina's bridal shower in New Jersey. It was important that we be there because Camryn is their flower girl. Even if she wasn't their flower girl, I still wouldn't miss it! She loves both Gina and Paul, so she was excited when I told her who we were going to see. I will admit that I was slightly (ok, very) worried about how I was going to keep her entertained for several hours at an adult bridal shower without a nap, but she was amazing (other than the 52 times she asked to use the new and exciting bathroom). She ate lunch with us like a big girl and was perfectly happy while Gina opened her many gifts. Once she warmed up to everyone, she was proud to show off her princess gifts from Gina as well as her jumping and twirling skills. I think she had a very good time and was asleep in the car 5 minutes after we got in it. It was a long hard day of being a pretty flower girl-to-be princess!

I promise to post more often. The craziness of the beginning of the school year is beginning to die down (other than Chris getting a new student tomorrow from Egypt who doesn't know a word of English - anyone know any Arabic???) so I will try my best to write updates more often. As for now, we are doing well.