more Happy Cake

There has been a lot of driving going on around here! We went to Chicago on Thursday and then left for NJ that evening. The kids did great in the car yet again and are such little troopers. We spent the night along the way in a hotel in Youngstown, Ohio. We finished our journey on Friday and arrived in NJ ate afternoon/early evening. By the time we got to the Woodbridge Sheraton the kids were ready to explore. There were two large plants in the room that we had to barricade otherwise Sean would have ripped them apart. They both enjoyed the closes with the mirrored doors and they kept going in and out.

We took grandma out to the diner for dinner and then stopped to see Kimmy. The following day we headed out to Pat's for Mom's party and it was a success. It was perfect day weather wise and everyone had a good time. Kate and Sean had lots of fun. I can say with total certainly that it was the best day of Kate's little life. She played on the swings and slide all day. She jumped right in and climbed the ladder without any hesitation, it scared me so much and I stood close but she did just fine. Sure there were a couple of times when her foot slipped but she managed to hold on even if Daddy and I were worried.

The only thing that got her away from playing was birthday cake! Happy cake! Happy cake!!! katie took a candle out and licked it after Grandma blew out the candles.

Since we have been home Kate has been talking about everyone at the party Her cousins Pete and Josie, her Uncles Pat, Mike, Paul and Dennis (pronounced Nennis) and Debbie. Grandma and Melissa and Kim are also topics of conversation. She had so much fun and she is still going over it and talking about all.

We made it back to Indiana. The kids were tired of the car but behaved pretty well. I did notice that before we visited NJ Katie always said "YES". Now I hear her saying "Yeah" a lot