Slumber Party

A few weekends ago my two best friends and I got together and had a slumber party!!! Fun, fun. I know, especially at our age, right? Actually there isn't too much of a different between grown up girls' nights and junior high slumber parties.

Concluding Aeris's birthday party (she turned 3!)...Casey grilled bbq chicken for the party. So we ate REALLY well. Kourtenay and I made this sinfully delicious Tropical Lime No-Bake Cheesecake for dessert. You need to spoil and pamper yourself/each other at a girls' night. I'll be making this again. It was SO goooooood!

I really needed my Egg Slicer Plus for those kiwis and my Mango Wedger for those mangoes. My next cake will be much more ascetically pleasing. :)

We chit-chatted for awhile. Then we played several rounds of Just Dance 2. We watched 'Pretty Woman' until 2am. Actually, Casey and I stayed awake to watch the movie. Kourtenay crashed early. I'd never seen the movie. A little more risque than I would have liked. But Casey enjoyed it...according to Levi.

The next morning we watched another chick flick called 'Love Comes Softly,' which is a much better show. Then I busted out the sewing machine I got for Christmas from my Mom and Dad. Kourtenay is really crafty and knows how to do all that stuff. So she helped me set up the whole thing--and we started on my apron project!!! Fun, fun! I enjoyed it very much!

Kourtenay setting up the bobbing.

Casey eating bbq chicken for breakfast!

Ta-da! The sewing machine sews!

Me cutting out the fabric pieces!

Getting the 'flounce' situated.

Look at me! I'm sewing!!! Yeah!!!

The flounce I sewed! Hooray!

I bent my first needle. Boo!

Very sad about the bent needle.

Kourtenay installing a new needle...then she broke one, too. Actually it shattered into three or more pieces.

Mommy & Me

Midwifing for Lena

Both of our cats were pregnant. Madorie was ridiculously swollen. So much so that she could barely walk. Anytime she'd come up to you, she'd want you to cradle her belly to take the weight off of her back. Poor thing. Lena was just as big--but not as much.

They had their kittens twelve hours apart. Madorie went into labor early in the morning on Tuesday. She finished up around 11am. She is the proud Momma of five healthy, beautiful kittens. I was at work, but Casey said that it was adorable! Lena climbed in the box and coached Madorie through the delivery and loved on her! Awwww!
Later that night, Lena went into labor around 9:30pm. She would not let me leave her side. Needless to say, I didn't sleep that night as I played midwife to a cat. Lena's first baby was a little difficult, but the rest came more easily. She finished up a little before 5am (I had to be to work at 7!), and is the proud Momma of four healthy, beautiful babies.
Madorie and Lena are wonderful Mommas! (Except they are paranoid and always try to move the babies every five minutes...so we had to lock them all up in a cage.) But they do the cutest thing EVER! They act like sisters that had babies at the same time...so when one gets tired and needs a break--she leaves the nest while the other holds down the fort. This gives time for one or the other to eat, take a nap, play and stretch for an hour or so. Then they'll switch off. It's pretty sweet of them. They are good kitties.

Now that Lena has had a litter of kittens, I want to get her fixed. I really wanted her to have babies before I got her fixed. I talked to the vet in town. Almost $100.00! That's nonsense! I wonder if you can Google how to fix a cat at home...?