ORANGE!

Friends of ours Jenn and Rick, had a birthday party for Sam, their 4 year old today. They have a beautiful daughter Jillian as well. I often get together with Jenn and the kids and go shopping. They are wonderful people and Ping adores all of them. It was the first birthday party Ping has attended since being home. She had a blast. She was filthy within minutes, that is how much fun she had:)

The party "theme" was orange. Everything was orange from the paper goods to the balloons to the outfits people wore. I told Jenn I was done with orange after this party:)

Sam got a lot of great gifts and had a great time. We sat out on the deck for most of the day. They have an awesome deck with a built in grill. Ping played with their dog Brady and also on the swing set for most of the day. She pulled a string from the pinata and she collected candy in a bag and also got a goody bag. Pretty cool stuff!!!!

The minute we got her home, she got a nice bath. She was so dirty!!!!! She fell out of a chair and spilled root beer all over her head and shirt. She also slid down the slide and landed on her butt in mud. To top it off, she slid down the slide later in the day and went head first. So Bill brought her to me and Jenn, Bill and I all cleaned her up. She literally had mud all over her face and in her mouth. It was kind of funny!!!!! Guess we will be using the Spray and Wash!!!

We thought for sure she would pass out after the bath, but she fought sleep for awhile. Maybe she could be nice and sleep in????? Yeah, sure mom!

It was nice to see her enjoying so many different things today. I couldn't help but think about all the children in China. Especially the ones hardest hit by this earthquake. They are not hitting balls with bats or collecting candy from pinatas. A lot of them are living on one bottle of water and 2 cookies a day while sleeping in tents. The aftershocks have been awful. Some on the Richter Scale of 5.9! A lot of people lost their only children because school was in session when the quake hit! While Ping was enjoying her cake today and I was watching her ponytails flip and flop in the breeze under the brilliant sun and fluffy clouds, I know that a large part of China is under darkness with no electricity. My heart goes out to them. For all the craziness this kid creates, I am happy she is home safe and sound and sleeping upstairs in bed right now with her cool mist humidifier and germ zapper! She is one lucky little girl to be safe and cozy when there are so many children that are not right now. We are lucky because we know she is upstairs sleeping. There are many parents and children that don't know if their family members have survived because they are still digging through the rubble and there is little contact there. So the next time Ping does something nutty, I will just have to remind myself that as nutty as she is making me, I am one lucky nut!

Mama Out
XO