Guest Blog: Behind the Scenes by Drama Queen

Hey Bloggersphere,  Momma is sleeping so I thought I would quickly hop on and write a quick post.  Twizlet and I thought it would be fun to share some pictures from the last week or so.  Hope you enjoy this behind-the-scenes!

Sport's hair is the best thing. 

Waiting for Catwoman's wedding to start!

That dress I'm wearing totes has pockets! 

Great way to scare Twiz!

Twizlet loves taking selfies!

Working on frosting letters!

Poor Catwoman fell down in the middle of her photoshoot!

Best Smells on Earth

If I could bottle and sell one smell on the earth that would make me millions, it would be hard to choose between a newborn baby and concord grapes. My sweet neighbor, Pauline, let us pick more grapes yesterday and I have spent half of my day at SuperCuts smelling hair dye and product, and the other half juicing grapes and making jelly.

Both were great!

Scout and I headed out this morning and it took us 4 hours (ok, it only took her 2 and then she had to wait for me) to look this beautiful. I'm not sure how the sun picked up her red tints and transferred them to my hair for the picture, because I promise I don't have them in real life.

I still have one more bucket of grapes to juice tomorrow and lots more jelly to make. This week has been a little less crazy, but I have still managed to fill it completely up with things to do.

Birthday Weekend for Baby Doll

As you know, we had an amazingly busy weekend! Baby Doll turned 7 on Saturday, but because of the wedding, we announced that she was celebrating for an entire birthday weekend.

We started her birthday on Friday with a friend party. The kids colored pictures for the Color A Smile service project and then they made beaded necklaces. After that it was time for some outdoor games. Curly and Scout took care of that while I cleaned up and got ready for cupcakes and ice cream. The party ran smoothly with only about a dozen kids and no hiccups.

On Saturday, we gave Baby Doll a new dress and shoes to wear to the baptism. She was so excited for her cute cousin! She also wore her dress to the wedding in the afternoon where she was the lead flower girl. She even had plenty of treats because it was a wedding, after all.

Then on Sunday we had our typical huge crazy family party. Our newlyweds showed up and opened all of their wedding gifts and Lil Sis and her family came over. Baby Doll loved being the center of attention. She even blew out her candles halfway through the birthday song.

It was a wonderful birthday weekend and now she can quit giving me a bad time for calling her 7 because she actually is 7. Love you, Baby Doll! Happy birthday weekend... and many more...

They are Married!!

Yesterday was a beautiful day as we witnessed the marriage of Catwoman (formerly Fajita) and Batman. The day started early with the baptism of my sweet little niece. Lil Sis had a party at her house early so we could get off to the football games. Sport had a bye, so he went camping with the scouts, but we still had games for Curly and Scout, Taco and Burrito.

Then we converged back at the house where Drama Queen had finished up the wedding cake and the chili. After that it was time to load last minute things for the luncheon and the cake into cars and head for the church. My sweetie helped kids get ready while I set up the luncheon in the multipurpose room. Thankfully, everything was already set up for the ceremony and the reception from Friday night.

There is always a little drama, but eventually we got everyone seated and Catwoman walked down the aisle with Bossy on one side and Gamer on the other. Bossy dropped off when they got to the seating section and Gamer walked his beautiful daughter the rest of the way and after a tender hug, passed her off to her new husband.

After they were married, we reassembled in a room off the kitchen of the church and we shared chili and a few other things brought by some of their friends. We had a little over an hour to finish getting ready for the reception. Drama Queen placed the cake on the base and I plated the cookies and sandwiches. I'm not even sure who reset the tables and chairs, but we had plenty of time for pictures before the first guests began to arrive.

Time flew, cookies were eaten, dances, pictures, cutting the cake, and tossing of the garter and the bouquet all were completed. We blew bubbles on our cute departing couple. With so many hands helping us, everything was cleaned up and we were heading home by about 10:00 pm.

I'm so grateful for all those who supported and loved these kids. They remind me so much of Bossy and Gamer when they were first married... no, I'm not going to sing "The Circle of Life" again...