This WONDERfilled Life...

When Super and I got married 18 years ago I planned every detail of our wedding...from several thousand miles away from where it would take place and on a very tight budget.  I had many people make fun of how organized and detailed I was but I was super happy that I took the time to draw out the exact layout of the tables, centerpieces and balloon arrangements for two different possible scenarios depending on the weather.  When all was said and done I had people mention to me that I should look into event planning as a career.  I considered it again this week as I fell deeper and deeper into planning our upcoming b-day parties.  I love planning all the details, the finishes...it excites me...I'm weird, I know.  So we decided this week to make P's party a Land of the Dead theme from the Disney movie, Coco.  The plan is to change out all the bulbs downstairs to black-light responsive bulbs and play games and dance and be crazy while glowing! With that in m...

Eight weeks...EIGHT WEEKS from today we will be hosting our first "kid" birthday party! Eep! Followed by our first Day of the Dead/Wonder's Bday party.  We are so excited but know that there is plenty to do.  P's basically a Halloween baby and we've dressed up pretty much since she arrived.  Growing up we (my family and Super's) went all out for Halloween...no store bought costumes, handmade, and the details mattered.  We all had a blast figuring out what we wanted to be.  My sister and I even set up a scary scene with shadows and a white sheet one year in our front room.  We just loved the fun of everything, and then in 1999 my sister was killed in a freak car accident and I put all my Halloween stuff away...for 14 years...and then P arrived.  She came 14 years to the day that my sister had her accident and it was like I could sort of breath again.  It's given us the go ahead to celebrate our once loved holiday, free from guilt.  So we dress...