THE GENERAL WILL SEE YOU NOW. (5TH POST OF THE NIGHT)

THIS IS HIS GENERAL WASHINGTON COSTUME HE GOT FROM THE TURNERS. HE WEARS IT CONSTANTLY AND LOVES IT!

SLUMBER WAS THE LAST THING ON THEIR MINDS!

DECOR-8. MAKING PICTURE FRAMES. THE EVENING ENDED WITH JIFFY POP POPCORN AND THE KIT KITTRIDGE MOVIE, AND LOTS OF GIGGLING!

MUSICAL HAIR. SWITCH STATIONS WHEN THE MUSIC STOPS AND CREATE A CRAZY-DO!

THE MAKEOVER CHALLENGE. THEY HAD 10 MINUTES TO PUT ON MAKE-UP, WITHOUT A MIRROR!

I THINK SHE LIKES THIS GIFT! AN AMERICAN GIRL DOLL SALON CHAIR.

FUN FRIENDS

AN ALL AMERICAN CAKE FOR AN ALL AMERICAN GIRL

ONCE AGAIN, MISS LORI D. OUTDID HERSELF ON ANOTHER FABULOUS CAKE. AMERICAN GIRL DOLLS PICTURED ARE THE ONES THAT GUESTS BROUGHT TO THE PARTY. FOR MORE FAB LORI D. CAKES, SEE MY POST FROM A FEW DAYS AGO, "HAVING HIS CAKE AND EATING IT TOO!" AND FROM MY BLOG ARCHIVES, "THE ABSOLUTE CUTEST BABY CAKE EVER!". THANKS LORI D. YOU ARE TOO SWEET!

IT IS HARD BEING A TOMMY...

IT IS HARD BEING A TOMMY WHEN THE HOUSE IS BEING SHOWN ON CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP SUNDAY AFTERNOON (OTHER WISE KNOWN AS TOMMY CHRISTMAS AT OUR HOUSE). JUST SETTLING INTO HIS HOT WINGS AND WIFEY NEEDS TRASH TAKEN OUT AND FLOORS TO BE SWEPT.

AFTER A WHIRLWIND OF CLEANING UP POST SLUMBER PARTY AND TRY TO GET THE HOUSE 'SHOW' READY, I ENLISTED THE HELP OF THE WHOLE FAMILY TO GET IT DONE FAST.

I WALKED BY THE DEN AND EXASPERATED LOOKED AT THE PLATE OF HOT WINGS AND VARIOUS SAUCES. TOMMY, "WHAT IS YOUR PLAN FOR THE HOT WINGS?".

"CAN WE PUT THEM IN THE FRIDGE FOR NOW?" WINCING I ANSWER, KNOWING THAT HE HAS WARMED THEM TO JUST THE RIGHT TEMP.

"I'LL DO SOMETHING WITH THEM," HE ANSWERS.

"ARE YOU GOING TO SIT IN THE CAR AND EAT THEM DURING THE SHOWING?" I JOKE.

TOMMY DOES ALL OF HIS CHORES AND HE GOES A STEP FURTHER AND STARTS CLEANING OUT A BUILT IN CABINET THAT HOLDS OUR DVDS AND TAPES AND SUCH.

AS I'M DOING THE TOUR, FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER DURING SHOWING THIS HOUSE, I OPEN THE DVD CABINET. I MEAN, WHY WOULDN'T I, WHEN IT WAS ALWAYS A JUMBLED MESS OF TAPES, CASES AND MISMATCHED DVDS BEFORE AND NOW TOMMY HAS STRAIGHTENED IT.

LITTLE DID I KNOW, MY SWEET HUSBAND HAD STASHED HIS TRAY OF HOT WINGS ON THE TOP SHELF OF THAT CABINET. NOT ONLY THAT, I DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE AND JUST WENT ON TALKING.

WE HAVE NO CLUE IF THE PEOPLE WHO LOOKED AT THE HOUSE EVEN NOTICED.

"I COULDN'T BELIEVE YOU OPENED THAT CABINET. I THOUGHT FOR SURE, YOU KNEW THAT IS WHAT I DID," TOMMY LATER LAUGHED.

OH, HOW FUNNY!!!

CORNWALLIS CAPTURED AT BUNKER HILL BIRTHDAY.

THE CONVERSATION WITH OUR SON REGARDING HIS PARTY WENT SOMETHING LIKE THIS: "WHAT KIND OF PARTY WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE THIS YEAR?" HE ANSWERS, "A BUNKER HILL BIRTHDAY." JUST SO YOU KNOW THERE IS NOT A CATEGORY FOR SUCH A THEME ON PARTY EXPRESS. WE DID JUST FINE WITH OUR FABULOUS FAMILY LIFE CENTER PLAY AREA AS A FORT, SOME LEFTOVER PATRIOTIC PLATES FROM THE SUMMER AT OUR LOCAL ALCO STORE. AND THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE EVENT, A SURPRISE ATTACK FROM THE BELTED REDCOAT, CORNWALLIS. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE REBEL AMERICAN'S TOOK HIM DOWN IN FORCE. AS HISTORY GOES, HE ACTUALLY SURRENDERED, THIS GROUP WOULD ONLY SETTLE FOR A BEHEADING!

Having his cake and loving it too!

Our friend Lori D. created this masterpiece cake for Mister B's recent revolutionary birthday! What a wonderful job she did and what a blessing she is to me for always creating something out of the ordinary for our far out birthdays!