NINE

How old do I look? WAIT! Don't answer that! But, apparently I'm old enough to have a 9 year old. When in the world did that happen?! My Kylie turned 9 yesterday & this is just eating me up. Last year when she turned 8 I was just baffled by the fact that she was getting so big. But 9 is really big. She's basically reaching the tween phase & not a "kid" anymore. CRAZY!!

The poor girl hasn't had a friend party in years. (Let's face it - she was born in December & who wants to go to a birthday party in December?) Well, we had one this year last Saturday & she's been planning on having a "Camp Rock" party since the summer time when the movie came out. We played a trivia game from the movie where we showed clips from the movie & then asked random questions about what they just watched. Then, we did the whole cupcakes & presents thing. (The party was held at the studio to easily accomodate all the kids. So, we didn't have ice cream since there's not a freezer their. We just had cupcakes.) I was quite impressed with my cupcakes since I have no cake decorating abilities what-so-ever. Kylie wanted 8th note cupcakes like in the movie, so here's what we got...Then, we learned a little bit of the end dance from the movie. This was the one other activity Kylie really wanted to do. When I told the girls what we were doing one girl came up & very seriously told me,"I don't dance." I told her it would be short & maybe she would have fun just trying it. She said, "No, I don't dance." Needless to say, again, you can't please everyone. All in all it was a fun day.And, of course, being the good mother that I am I have no pictures from yesterday. Her actual birthday. Man - I rock! Oh well. Happy Birthday to my big girl - we love you tremendously!!