~BINKY'S BIRTHDAY WEEK~

As traditions go, it is Brinkley's birthday month around here. Her actual birthday is this Monday. We have plans galore for this girls big "8" so we had to start them off today, with a ZIP BANG!

I am known for bribing my children into not having birthday parties with all their friends. It is usually a little bit more expensive but much less of a headache for me. Jax fell for the bribery this year. It cost me a television. Binky was a little reluctant to opt for the big present. She was struggling with taking her friends to Makutu's Island. I was dreading it. She finally thought it over a little more, prayed about it and viola....... the present won out. We surprised her by taking Jax with us to actually pick one out, rather than using the internet. The one we initally picked out was super tiny and we would have been beyond sad if it got here and it was for someone the size of Pudgie. After school, Binky and I walked home, hand in hand and when we hit our corner... well.... I have never seen any child run so fast.... let alone Brinkley.
As luck would have it, the weather did not cooperate with us today. We had huge plans for a family party at Wet~N~Wild. Since my sister lives up there, she gave me the minute by minute weather report of dark, dark clouds with sprinkles going on as I was talking to her. Thankfully, we can move the plans to next Saturday, everyone who was planning on coming today, were good to go with changing the plans, and in the end, we get to take the birthday girl to P.F. Changs for a family birthday dinner tonight! It's a WIN ~ WIN, all around, I would say!