birthday party date

On Saturday we had a birthday party to attend. The party was for my high school friend, Tawny’s four-year-old daughter, Mary. I had not seen Tawny since her wedding six years ago, which just seems crazy because it was like no time had gone by at all. For my gift to Mary I baked her Hello Kitty themed cupcakes. Since I had been up late and then woke-up fairly early to take a class at The Dailey Method I decided to only take Payton to the party. While I felt guilty for leaving the little guy at home with daddy I knew it would be good for Payton to have a solo mommy trip. 

When we arrived at the party I quickly caught up with Tawny’s family, setup the cupcakes and Payton was swiftly whisked off by Mary. They were so cute together, holding hands, sharing toys and enjoying fluffy pink cotton candy before any of the guests arrived. They soon moved on to the huge blow-up water slide and slowly Payton moved to the pool as she was outnumbered by fifteen or so four-year-olds. We enjoyed lots of skittles, a cheeseburger, a cupcake and then we left the party after dealing with the 100º+ weather for three hours. 

We chatted, we sang and mostly enjoyed one another’s company. We made a quick pit stop in Temecula to meet my sister to look for our wig pub crawl ensembles. Payton loved walking around the mall without the stroller, without her brother and pretty much just like a big kid. We held hands and went up and down the escalator a half a dozen times before looking for outfits. She would giggle and give her fashionista opinion on my fickle ideas for the LMFAO inspired wig crawl this weekend. The best part about the day was that there wasn’t any breakdowns when asked to leave the party, mall or Hobby Lobby. She went along for the ride and we enjoyed ourselves. We were gone for over eight hours and at the end of the night she asked for me to come lay with her. Of course I couldn’t resist one last snuggle for the day and then she squeezed me a little tighter and said, “mommy, thank you for today. The birthday party was so fun. I love you.” I love these moments and I will cherish them. It isn’t everyday we get solo mommy/daughter dates.