*big sigh* The pirates have all gone home now! Today was G's pirate birthday party. She and her seven guests ate party food on the pirate ship that DH created! They played cannonball blast, stick the pirate on the island and musical islands. They decorated their own pirate ships. They grabbed the loot from the pinata, they went on a treasure hunt, they ate cake and they run amok! G is really ... Read More

So, May 9 is DD7's 8th birthday and we're just having family drop in for cupcakes in the afternoon because it's a school day. On the Saturday, she is having a pirate party and is inviting some of her friends. I've been buying stuff for this party for a few months now and have a huge plastic tub full of goody bag items, decorations and STUFF! Above: some of the goody bag ... Read More

Woke up this morning to find an email waiting for me from Pay U2 Blog. They're holding a treasure hunt promotion hosted by jewelelegance.com To participate, I need to write a post here on my blog before Monday so I can get access to the password. Who know? I might be lucky enough to win some beautiful diamond jewelery ... Read More