mothers on the verge

Not going to be able to really post much right now. (And I will refrain from tsking YLM..!) Just too much chaos. How much? 1. Hosted 75 people at our home last weekend 2. Baked 850 cookies for said event (truly) 3. Hosting 36 children this Saturday for The Rabbit's birthday 4. Hosting parents who are sleeping on the air mattress in my livingroom/office right now. 5. Baking 48 cupcakes for birthday event at school. Today. 6. Taking Rabbit from school event to Rockettes this evening. (Yes, bringing aspirin for moi.) 7. Making candy for gifts to be mailed for holidays (if my head doesn't pop off) 8. Oh yes. And working. And so my dear friends, I shall remain silent again until probably Monday when the house is empty, The Rabbit is at school, The Prince is at work and I am solo with my computer and 1 apot of dear dear coffee all to myself. Then, I will download and reflect on how I managed to eliminate the word "No" from my vocabulary yet again.

Firstborn turned six yesterday. I think I have at least 16 new grey hairs... one for each of the ravaging beasts, erm...I mean small delightful creatures, who attended her celebratory feast. As last year was an utterly chaotic affair - the low point being my waking up at 7am on the day of her party, the realisation that I had forgotten to make her a birthday cake like an ice-cold fist in my chest (somehow I managed to get to the supermarket for the essentials and make 24 fairy cakes by 9am so All Was Not Lost ...except maybe for my mind) - this year I tried to compensate by going into crazed SuperMom mode. The party bags were ready a whole week in advance . The gifts were selected and wrapped (well, most of them) days before. Then not only did Firstborn get 30 carefully iced fairy cakes, I made an impossibly ambitious fairy cake ... in other words a cake skirt with half a Barbie stuck in it... decorated with at least a million silver balls and half a ton of piped icing, and the piece d...