Today Karrie turns 4. That just doesn't even seem possible. Where has the time gone?! I look at my little girl and can't believe that she just isn't so little anymore. We have a week full of parties and fun planned. We had our Nana and Papa dinner on Sunday. Nana always goes all out for the kids special dinner! So I will have to work on my decorating skills! Karrie and I went to walmart yesterday and picked out some special decorations for our family party tonight! She thought she was fooling me when she picked out everything that Nana had on her table! We will just have to see if My table looks as good as Nana's! I spent the afternoon decorating and getting ready for this party. I just wanted everything to be perfect for my little girl and her birthday. I know that nothing can be perfect and well lets just say that I learned that little lesson very well today! I wanted my party for Karrie to be just as special as the one my mother gave her on Sunday. I guess that is where I went wrong. Never try and out do your mother! Be humble and possibly things will work out better. Well I started the day off with just the ordinary chores...and moved on to the major chores. I had an entire room to decorate so after lunch the girls were put down for their afternoon naps. I put on some music and headed into the dinning room........this is where the fun begins! I put up streamers and balloons and decorated the table . Then I moved into the Kitchen where I began to make cup cakes. I have made cup cakes a millions times.....but today for some reason(perhaps trying to one up my mother) they just didn't turn out like they usually do. I was just upset and wanted to give up.......but I have a Birthday Girl and she needed her special treats! So the next batch came out a little better. I decorated them and finished working on dinner. Time for the guests to arrive.......and the Tiller house gets a little crazy. I know silly huh?! Time just goes by so quickly once we begin. I can't even remember what I was complaining about earlier today or what the big fuss was....it seems like a big blur now. Except for the fact that today is Karrie's Birthday! I am sure that next year I will just throw something together and forget about out doing my mother! I feel so blessed to have such a sweet,energetic, silly & loving little girl in my life! Happy Birthday Kare Bear!!
