Birthday.

So Wednesday I think it was we decided to get the second circuit working.We hooked up everything in the living room and plugged it in. It worked like a charm. . . except that when you flipped the switch all of the outlets came on, and the outside porch light never turned off :) Anyway, that was a switch of 2 wires and then we were in business. The whole event took a little longer than we had figured so we went to be a little late, but at least we have 2 circuits completely done. On to the last one in the living room and then we just have to figure out how we're going to get access to the kitchen and the washing machine one. :)

And now, on to the main event:
Alisabeth's birthday. By Friday I was pretty despondent. I hadn't heard anything from anyone we had invited, so I started making phone calls. All of the grandparents verified that they'd be there, and once we hit preschool I was gratified to hear that several moms were planning on coming. All in all it turned out great. We had about 10 kids and twice that in adults :)

I made pumpkin cookies finally and we had A TON left over so those were served up along with weenies, chips, carrots/broccoli and dip and a few other things. I meant to make a batch of the spinach and artichoke dip but I ended up putting together her new kitchen instead.

The games included bobbing for apples, a bean bag toss and musical chairs toddler style. They enjoyed the bobbing a lot, but I wasn't there to make the bean bag thing fun so Jason said they were bored in a minute. *Sigh* The last game included prizes; so suddenly everyone was excited to play again, though a few refused to dance/move. :)

Then we sang over the cake. She waiting patiently for us to finish and then after 3 puffs she got it out to our delight and cheering. By this point she was a little overwhelmed with all the people so she wasn't saying much, but she gladly accepted a cupcake and even wanted more.

Then came the presents. We saved this one for last. She also received princess crown/shoe from Kyt, a princess dress-up game from Em, a new set of bath ducks from Grandma/Grandpa Liddeke (just in time, the old ones had mold growing inside and I have to throw them out), some books and a soft teddy bear along with a lego train from Grandma/Grandpa Flannery, a really cute skirt from Ella, a necklace from the Mehr family, and play fruit/cooking stuff from Nana/Grandpa. And of course the kitchen set from us, G&G Liddeke and Nana. She was enjoying opening them as much as she enjoyed playing with them.

The other kids enjoyed her presents too :)

And once the kitchen came all of the children disappeared down the hallway for a while.

There's my little princess.

Here she is again complete with earings as well as her crown.
The whole party lasted about 1.5 hours and then suddenly everyone left at the same time and all was quiet. Alisabeth really enjoyed herself though, so that was cool.
I can tell she's a lot like me though. I can only be social so long before I just want to close my door and read a book. Although my social attention span has increased as I've matured it was pretty short when I was younger. We'll have to keep that in mind next year. Maybe it will be a kid only party so that she doesn't feel as overwhelmed with all the people. :)
The rest of the week was pretty boring. I have to finish sewing all the costumes today as we have a trunk or treat tomorrow night (Ahhh), and then I'm moving on to Christmas presents (toole skirts for all of the female cousins).