An old favorite of mine! (August 2008)

I am finding blogging to be quite the little joy in my life. This weekend is what I like to call "normal". Now please understand, my normal is other peoples "crazy". As everyone knows, it was my 35th birthday. Yes, I know... but if I hear one more 98 year old person tell me I am a spring chicken, I'm gonna knock their walker out from under them and pinch the tube to their oxygen. What the hell is a spring chicken anyways? Okay, so we get the day and evening done with and at about 8:00 on Friday night, the girls get their second wind. We usually play hide and seek, or scavenger hunt, something like that to wind down. That night.... hide and seek it was! Bryanna... easy to find behind the entertainment center. Lauren... little bit more creative, under the pillows on the bed... blended right in. Rylie.... ummm. Rylie? Oh crap, we lost Rylie.....again. Usually, she is the easiest. She gets a little too excited and giggles her way to being found. The girls and I looked everywhere. Under, over, in between... I was getting a little worried that she had snuck outside, but I wasn't convinced. So we continued on. I don't know what made me realize this, but after going through the kitchen a few hundred times, I realized my birthday cake was missing. Yeah, you know where I'm going with this don't you.... okay, so now Rylie AND the cake are missing, and I still can't figure out where the heck she was. Normally my room is off limits because Eric was asleep for the night to get up early for work. It's never been an issue before and I was certain she had just really found an amazing spot to hide. After realizing the cake was also in on the game, I went to my room, opened the closet and found Rylie with most of the cake eaten and the rest of it destroyed. She didn't even look surprised, she was so excited for me.... "MOMMY! Good job! You found me!" She picked up the cake, walked it back into the kitchen ever so sweetly, wiped her mouth upwards, pushed back her hair (I figured out the whole food on the forehead thing)and was ready for another round. I was trying very hard not to laugh at the sight of Bryanna and Lauren's faces when they figured out what was going on. They stomped in the kitchen with their imaginary riot gear ready to attack. They were fuming that she mangled the cake and they only got one piece each. It turned into a bit of a shouting match between Bryanna and Lauren ganging up on Rylie.I couldn't make out quite all of the insults, but Lauren was fit to be tied. You just don't mess with food when it comes to Lauren. The girls were pointing their fingers at Rylie and telling her how mean she was to do this to mom's cake (yeah! I'm sure they were REALLY concerned about me more than the fact there was only half a cake left that looked like potting soil) Well, here we go.... Rylie finally put her hand up, and yelled, "IT'S NOT MY FAULT YOU DIDN'T WANT THE CAKE TO HIDE WITH YOU"!!!
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