I updated my blog design! Can you tell that I'm home sick and don't have the energy to do much else?
Alright, I'll admit it, the other thing I've been doing is planning Johnny's 5th birthday party. As I have mentioned before, Johnny's birthday is probably my favorite event of the year. I used to be a complete Christmas nut, but ever since we lost the baby I was carrying that was due on Christmas day in 2012, the entire holiday season has become a bit hard for me. But, being the overenthusiastic holiday planner that I am, I have refocused my energy. I really always have been quite psyched about his parties, but it seems that they have become more exciting for me than in years past.
Today I've been working on VIP Party Passes to send out as invitations. They are each personalized and will have to be done largely by hand because we don't have a color printer. I've done all of Johnny's other birthday decorations by hand in the past, so this isn't anything new. I kind of enjoy the zen of being detail-focused and coloring things while playing a television show in the background. Right now I'm not to that point yet. So far I've been working on designing the passes on the computer. Once they are done, they will be printed out, (a front that is specific to each child with different characters, the back containing the party information for parents) colored, the front and back will be attached to one another, they will be laminated in an ID badge holder, and then completed with a lanyard. They will serve the dual purpose of invitation and name tag for the kiddos that come to the party. (Johnny finally has enough peers this year that the number of kids in attendance might be quite high!) I'm having entirely too much fun with this. Johnny is super excited, though. He knows his birthday isn't until April, but it was pretty much impossible to keep him from seeing what I was working on, so I went ahead and told him. He has been helping me with them now!
Steve got off work earlier than usual today due to a strange week schedule, so he has taken the kiddo over to his parent's house to watch some sports game. Football isn't over yet, is it? What about basketball? I have no idea... I'm just grateful that he has taken the kid somewhere that will involve playing games and expending energy, as I've not been any good for any of that these past few days. We did work on cleaning up his room and then set up the new Jake and the Neverland Pirates ship/tent that he got from my mom for Christmas. It involves a mini basketball hoop, and Johnny was using his plush Angry Birds to score some points. 30 minutes of doing that from my place seated on the floor and I was exhausted. To my surprise, Johnny continued on for another half hour all by himself. I have been blessed with a very compliant and well-behaved child today. He even took a nap this afternoon!
Well, even typing this has involved exertion. I think I shall wander on down to the kitchen for some yogurt and then take another nap...
Alright, I'll admit it, the other thing I've been doing is planning Johnny's 5th birthday party. As I have mentioned before, Johnny's birthday is probably my favorite event of the year. I used to be a complete Christmas nut, but ever since we lost the baby I was carrying that was due on Christmas day in 2012, the entire holiday season has become a bit hard for me. But, being the overenthusiastic holiday planner that I am, I have refocused my energy. I really always have been quite psyched about his parties, but it seems that they have become more exciting for me than in years past.
Today I've been working on VIP Party Passes to send out as invitations. They are each personalized and will have to be done largely by hand because we don't have a color printer. I've done all of Johnny's other birthday decorations by hand in the past, so this isn't anything new. I kind of enjoy the zen of being detail-focused and coloring things while playing a television show in the background. Right now I'm not to that point yet. So far I've been working on designing the passes on the computer. Once they are done, they will be printed out, (a front that is specific to each child with different characters, the back containing the party information for parents) colored, the front and back will be attached to one another, they will be laminated in an ID badge holder, and then completed with a lanyard. They will serve the dual purpose of invitation and name tag for the kiddos that come to the party. (Johnny finally has enough peers this year that the number of kids in attendance might be quite high!) I'm having entirely too much fun with this. Johnny is super excited, though. He knows his birthday isn't until April, but it was pretty much impossible to keep him from seeing what I was working on, so I went ahead and told him. He has been helping me with them now!
Steve got off work earlier than usual today due to a strange week schedule, so he has taken the kiddo over to his parent's house to watch some sports game. Football isn't over yet, is it? What about basketball? I have no idea... I'm just grateful that he has taken the kid somewhere that will involve playing games and expending energy, as I've not been any good for any of that these past few days. We did work on cleaning up his room and then set up the new Jake and the Neverland Pirates ship/tent that he got from my mom for Christmas. It involves a mini basketball hoop, and Johnny was using his plush Angry Birds to score some points. 30 minutes of doing that from my place seated on the floor and I was exhausted. To my surprise, Johnny continued on for another half hour all by himself. I have been blessed with a very compliant and well-behaved child today. He even took a nap this afternoon!
Well, even typing this has involved exertion. I think I shall wander on down to the kitchen for some yogurt and then take another nap...
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