We threw Jacob a surprise party today for his 13th birthday (which is actually on May 5). My mom took him shopping and to lunch & a movie to get him out of the house so I could prepare everything. We had a good turn out and when he walked through the door, you could tell he was genuinely surprised. He looked downright terrified! It was very funny. I have a picture!

Ah, Wednesday! Overall, a pretty good day of the week. The weekend is in sight and next Monday is still far enough away to not bother me. I feel like I can start looking forward to the weekend around about Wednesday. This week, however, Wednesday just means that the weekend will be here too soon and I still have a party to prepare for (cook, clean, figure out what to wear) and cakes to bake for Friday and Saturday. It’s a little overwhelming and I have no choice but to accomplish all of it.
Above & beyond all the cooking and cleaning I have to get done, I also have school with the kids, a toddler running around demanding my attention and six new baby kittens in my bathtub. Did I mention my husband decided this week would be a great week to redo the front yard? Yep. So I’ve got a lot to do before Friday… and it’s already Wednesday! Yikes.
Time to get my butt in gear, get some breakfast, and start the day. But before I do that, here are some photos of the kids since I hadn’t posted for such a long time.

Christmas 2009- Jacob, Leah, Anna & Ella in front of the Christmas tree

Ella- April 2010, 18 months old

These are some photos of my kids playing in the pool right after my husband cleaned it out and started refilling it. They think a pool with a couple inches of water is the greatest thing since sliced bread. And yes, that slimmed down red-head is my used-to-be-chunky little miss Ella! I still can’t believe how quickly her baby fat is going away.

Ok, so its been for ever since I’ve posted anything at this lonely forgotten blog. I’m going to try to do better because I understand there are people who still stop here on occasion.

Last time I wrote was the day before Ella turned one. Well, now she’s over 18 months old and very rotten and totally adorable. In January, I began homeschooling my three older kids and that endeavor is going great so far. I’m baking lots of cakes every weekend. You can see my cakes at www.cakeserasera.info

My oldest child, Jacob, will be turning 13 on May 5th. I’ll have a teenager…. yikes! We will be throwing him a surprise birthday party this Friday. I think it’s going to be a lot of fun for him. I’ll post photos.

Well, I’m off to watch the Dancing with the Stars results show…