a birthday and a wedding

The past couple of days have been very full. Yesterday our oldest child turned 8, which I am still astonished by. I spent the hot a.m. driving 3 kids around, gathering birthday celebration stuff. And Maggie's big present of her first pair of Irish dance "hard" shoes. $$$$$$! She's excited and I know she'll be using them because her lessons at the neighborhood Irish dance school will continue throughout the summer.

Tomorrow we leave for the east coast for 10 days. A wedding over the weekend, then to Richmond to visit my brother and his family. Kids are psyched, and I am having a panic attack about how to get all this packing etc. done. I should take a picture of the huge mound of laundry I am sitting on as I type. Mr. Tim is at work, doing something he needs to finish before we leave, and printing the boarding passes. i hope.

I'm ready for a nap, but I better get busy. Time for a chocolate ice cream break.